How to Use vessel in a Sentence
vessel
noun-
As the sails drop, the vessel starts to look like a ghost ship.
— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2024 -
Abediyan says the name comes from the small vessel the soup is cooked in.
— Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022 -
The Coast Guard crew rushed to rescue the three men and their dog from the vessel.
— Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2022 -
The vessel was in transport for 22 years before the night of the wreck.
— Erin Berge, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2023 -
The figure boards the vessel, which then lifts off and flies away.
— Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023 -
On that trip, though, a crew of eight guided the vessel.
— Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023 -
The filmmakers were able to identify the vessel as the Africa due to the size of the ship and the coal found around the wreck.
— Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023 -
Sailors sometimes called it the Isle of Lost Ships, for all the vessels wrecked there by storms and rocks.
— David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Each route adds 10 days to three weeks to the trip, depending on how fast the vessel sails.
— Ruth Liao, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Once in place, the new vessel will be able to take on the crude from the Safer, which will then be towed away and sold for scrap.
— Dominic Dudley, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Taking the lid off is the only way to drink from this vessel, and the lip of the mug is just the right size for sipping.
— Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2022 -
And that's the only thing we were informed about the vessel in that regard.
— Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024 -
The minesweepers are made of steel while the Satellite was a wooden hulled vessel.
— Stephen Smith, CBS News, 13 July 2023 -
Half a minute later, the server rushes the vessel to the table and lifts off the dome, swirling the vapors.
— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024 -
This liquid can be found in the inner chamber of the vessel.
— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024 -
When the boats fired on the helicopters, the crew returned fire, sinking three of the four vessels and killing those aboard.
— Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024 -
All of those combined to take out lots of historic vessels.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2024 -
All 13 people aboard the vessel were thrown into the water.
— USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Both Navy vessels that are sponsored by the first lady.
— Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023 -
The nearest vessel was 60 minutes away, and the men inflated the lifeboat.
— Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024 -
Given the powerful 80-mile-an-hour winds, the force of the wind would have overwhelmed their vessel.
— Analisa Novak, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Sediment stuck to the nodules is sucked up along with them to the surface vessel.
— Olive Heffernan, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023 -
The Coast Guard moved the vessel further offshore to not endanger the port of Newport.
— Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023 -
Coast Guard agents found 142 packages of cocaine in a small vessel.
— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The ship traveled in a convoy of about 40-60 other vessels.
— Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024 -
The 85-foot (26-meter) vessel was dwarfed by the substation, which is almost the size of a football field.
— Will Wade, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Thomas II has become a vessel for this team’s emotions, one of the many roles nobody signed up for.
— Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023 -
Cruise ships range in size from yacht-like vessels to mega-ships that are more like floating resorts.
— Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024 -
Its 75 crew and passengers were ordered to abandon the vessel on life rafts and were later rescued.
— Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Neither the vessel's name nor hull identification number were visible from the rock wall.
— Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
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