How to Use sailboat in a Sentence

sailboat

noun

• The men who fell off the boat were able to swim to a nearby sailboat.
  — Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 11 Oct. 2020
• Aboard a small sailboat, two men waved their arms, and a flag.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
• His sailboat was out of the water on boat stands when the surge picked up.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022
• The best way to see each island is by rental car and sailboat.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• The men watched the top of the sailboat’s mast disappear beneath the swells.
  — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
• Search crews found the suit, which would have kept him dry, on the sailboat Friday.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2023
• Dancers thrashed atop the sailboat, but SZA escaped, taking to the sky in a life raft.
  — Jaelani Turner-Williams, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023
• Got stuck on a wooden sailboat in a storm off the coast of Mozambique.
  — Ruthie Ackerman, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
• Pfeifer’s son keeps the 18-foot Hobie Cat sailboat at his own home.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2020
• In the heaving seas of the Southern Ocean, a small, red-hulled sailboat tossed and rolled, at the mercy of the tail end of a tempest.
  — Longreads, 5 Oct. 2022
• In the summer, launch free kayaks, canoes, SUPs, or a sailboat from the dock, or opt for the ocean, five miles away.
  — Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2020
• The use of cedar plugs dates back more than 150 years, to the coast of France, where anglers trolled them for tuna on sailboats.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Worked as a crew member on a sailboat that traveled along the East Coast and to the Caribbean.
  — CNN, 9 Mar. 2022
• The worst my father-in-law ever did to me was serve Genesse Cream Ale on his sailboat.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• The book describes his two decades of work scouring the world’s oceans for microbes from a 100-foot sailboat.
  — David Ewing Duncan, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023
• Ever seen footage of a whale passing by a tiny sailboat or kayak?
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
• This shimmering tower of blue and white glass is shaped like the jib of a sailboat bound for shore.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
• In a May 4 incident in the Strait of Gibraltar, a group of three orcas pierced the rudder of a sailboat.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• So the sailboat remains anchored, a blue tarp pulled taut over its deck.
  — Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
• Reaching the docks along the Cape Fear River, the men commandeered a small sailboat.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2022
• That is what happened to Garry Crothers, 64, who was on his sailboat in St. Maarten.
  — John Clarke, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2020
• The sailboat has crossed the Cook Inlet, sailing toward Naknek.
  — Brian Venua, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022
• The white sailboat outside of Michelin Group’s Swiss office doesn’t have a sail at all.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• Three weeks and 20 coats later, the bar was shiny as a sailboat, and the pandemic was raging.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
• The bodies of at least four migrants were seen next to floating debris from the sailboat.
  — Thanassis Stavrakis, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• To experience the heart of the harbor, check into the Marsh Harbour Inn and wake up to views of sailboats and the salt marsh.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 July 2023
• The nursery walls are painted in a beachy theme, with a sailboat on the blue water, birds flying and the sun shining.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 17 July 2023
• Hi Kathy, Your picture of a large sailboat is by Les Gorley.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2021
• On Friday, the couple gathered all their friends and family on a sailboat for a snorkel trip, followed by a sangeet at a surf shack.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
• The retired naval officer loves spending time on his sailboat and dreams of taking Joan for a romantic ride as the sun goes down.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024