How to Use shipbuilder in a Sentence

shipbuilder

noun

• The shipbuilders are already well along with the John Lewis.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• The city prospered as the Navy and shipbuilders moved in after World War I.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
• Unbeknownst to the shipbuilders at the time, the Treaty of Versailles was being signed that same day, ending the war.
  — Kelly Kazek | [e-mail], al, 20 Feb. 2020
• Tehran acquired Kharg from British shipbuilder Swan Hunter back in 1984.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• Of course, the docks off Flagler Street will be filled with yachts of all shapes and sizes from all of the world’s most popular shipbuilders.
  — Bill Springer, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• At the time, the ancient Corinthians were master shipbuilders.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2019
• Jeffboat, one of the largest inland shipbuilders in the country, is closing its doors.
  — Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2018
• Black newcomers filled the ranks of both seamen and shipbuilders.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
• Musk predicts that the first flights of the ship will unleash a flood of energy from other shipbuilders.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2018
• Velez, the daughter of a shipbuilder, is based part time in her native Wisconsin.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2023
• Similar bailout packages have been arranged over the years for the shipbuilders.
  — Costas Paris, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2018
• His uncle John Richan Drever, an artist turned shipbuilder, taught him how to work with his hands and fix things.
  — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2017
• The as-yet-unnamed ship will be constructed over the next few years by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, the line said.
  — Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2017
• So here’s the basic rundown: As a master shipbuilder, Círdan is master of the Grey Havens.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 11 July 2024
• The $600 million vessel was custom made by the German shipbuilder Lürssen, a job that took more than four years to complete.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Mar. 2022
• But the project was mired in controversy; there were claims that the Dutch shipbuilder, Damen, had paid backhanders to win the order.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• Many of the immigrants worked on the waterfront, as shipbuilders, riggers, sailors and dock workers.
  — Nina Agrawal, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• But the shipbuilder probably isn’t the only party at fault in the case of the disappearing warship.
  — David Axe, WIRED, 5 July 2011
• Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works is laying off an undisclosed number of workers because of a strike that’s in its third week.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2020
• The Clotilda, a schooner constructed in 1855 by shipbuilder William Foster.
  — Jared Boyd, AL.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• Addam, a shipbuilder, has been called upon to help with the fleet and asks whether Alyn will sail with Corlys, but Alyn has reservations about the impending war.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
• Work on the ship will begin later this year, with delivery projected for 2025, the shipbuilder said.
  — al, 4 May 2022
• And now the service is facing problems with its newest ships so severe that the first of the class failed its sea trials and was returned to the shipbuilders in December.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2018
• Mercado’s actions delayed the frigates deal by about four months, the defense chief said, adding the Philippines can return the frigates to the shipbuilder if the agreed features are not installed.
  — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2017
• The ship was the second littoral combat ship to enter service, and the second that shipbuilder Austal USA completed.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Aug. 2021
• Tower was a shipbuilder and fisherman, and Stoddard was a shipwright.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• Harland and Wolff and other UK shipbuilders lost out on that business to its European rivals decades ago.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Aug. 2019
• David Hench, a spokesperson for the shipbuilder, says this class of destroyer generally takes about six years to construct.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2022
• The city’s butchers, for example, would walk together as one group, and shipbuilders would construct massive floats to be pulled down the street by horses.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
• Huntington Ingalls Industries is the largest military shipbuilder in the United States.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024