How to Use boat in a Sentence

boat

1 of 2 noun
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  • He tied the boat to the dock.
  • Cruise ships and other boats filled the harbor.
  • By the time Vass swam back to the boat, Tomas and I were drunk.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • The city’s harbor, built in the 1960s, shares an entrance with the boat basin.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The world’s coolest booze cruise doesn’t involve a boat.
    — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
  • Day boat refers to fish that returns to shore the same day it was caught.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The problem remains: There’s no place to park the big boats.
    — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
  • As the storm approached, his two friends were able to swim back to their boat.
    — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Dorsey, who was four years old at the time, was found sleeping alone on the boat.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Responders pulled the man to the safety of the Tempe police boat.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
  • Palmer said the Coast Guard has three small boats and an 87-foot patrol boat, Mako, at the scene.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The swimmer, attached to the board by a leash, would then tow the otter — still on the board — toward the boat.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Some 3,000 years ago, a hand-sewn boat sank off the coast of what is now Croatia.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • The French underground got him to Calais; from there, a fishing boat took him across the Strait of Dover.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Enjoy a picnic, launch a boat, or set out on a hike along 8 miles of trails.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Mino had left first, in 2016, and was already in the U.S., building boat docks in East Texas.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • All wore matching neon swimsuits for the boat day, in greens, oranges and pinks.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Ten years later, Suzanne finally found a way to get off the boat.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The boat arrived at nearly the same time as a LifeMed helicopter.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The pair shared a few kisses while on the boat and the hip-hop artist was seen standing up on the back of the boat laughing and and smiling.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The boat begins to make a big arc, turning toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • As their daughter looked on, Myles could be seen getting down on one knee while the three were aboard a boat.
    — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • To explore other Lake Tahoe boat tours, check out laketahoe.com/content/top-10-tahoe-boat-tours.
    — Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a man called the Odysseus of Honey who travels around by boats getting fresh honey from the bees.
    — Mark Ellwood, Fortune Europe, 6 Apr. 2024
  • At dusk, several dozen lemon sharks rose from the depths and surrounded the dive boat.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Two firefighters in a boat pulled a body from beneath a pile of debris.
    — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Suddenly, a humpback breached right in front of our boat.
    — oregonlive, 11 July 2023
  • Spend some time exploring the area's souks or hop on an abra for a boat ride along the creek, which used to be the entry to the pearl diving port.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The sky was deep blue above and red at the horizon; the first stars were out, and the silvery sea below us was dotted with the lights of fishing boats.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The race was coming down to the final mark, when the Italians veered too high around the bend, the nose of their boat submerged and the cockpit filled with water.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
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boat

2 of 2 verb
  • We boated over to the island.
  • But don’t wait for the chance to boat a daily bag limit of five of the feisty trout.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In fact, they are required for boating in many parts of the US.
    — Joe Jackson, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
  • One of her neighbors still needs to boat across the new channel to reach his home.
    — Patrick M. O'Connell, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • This bright and cheery city is the place to be for anyone who loves boating.
    — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Gray and his crew boated from Bethel to Akiak to check it out.
    — Anna Rose MacArthur, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2019
  • To boat down the Bosphorus like the sultan to you deserve to be treated like.
    — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Their plan is to boat across the Yukon River and camp out until it’s safe to return.
    — Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
  • The exact language of this rule, which remain in place for the rest of the 2023 boating season, is at IN.gov/nrc/rules/emergency-rules.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • The men had left Pilot Station 12 days ago to boat down to the coast to hunt seal and beluga whale.
    — Anna Rose MacArthur, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The digs are a boating lover’s delight with a dock and lift directly in the backyard.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • And boating accidents are claiming the lives of kids in the United States.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Ortiz boats a 15% winning clip and a win-place-show rate of 49% this season.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2023
  • Where to try it: Utah's Lake Powell is a boating mecca.
    — Brittany Loggins, Women's Health, 23 June 2023
  • Petersburg will host — for maybe two hours at a time — five teams that will fly or boat to the island.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2020
  • He was charged with three felony counts of boating under the influence.
    — Fox News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Still, this is when the water is warmest and boating season is at its prime; the intense heat doesn’t seem to scare away the crowds.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • Learn more › Marine batteries are the unsung hero of the boating world.
    — Randy Zellers, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • To read the rest of Shannon Tompkins' column for a crash course on boating etiquette, click here.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 20 July 2019
  • When the weather's warm, partake in all of Lake Champlain's fun — from boating and sunbathing at the beach to hiking along the shore.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
  • He was found in May 2022 near a popular swimming and boating area.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 6 June 2023
  • Since it was first filled with water in 1923, the public has been forbidden from boating on it.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The ice is too thin for walking or snowmachining, and the water is too full of ice and debris to safely boat along.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2023
  • Buyers would be able to boat and waterski on the main lake, hunt for fossils in its deep ravines and golf on the private golf course.
    — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Here a basic guide to perch fishing, plus a Q&A full of great tips from an expert at boating jumbo perch now.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma: The state’s largest lake is a haven for boating and fishing.
    — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023
  • These younger passengers have their own reasons for thinking the boating life is cool.
    — Sara Bosworth, wsj.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Though the waters were calm and familiar to us, the new sensation of boating at night was a bit unsettling.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Paul Murdaugh had been involved in a boat wreck that killed a teenager and was charged with boating under the influence.
    — Jeffrey Collins, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Paul was arrested and charged with three counts of boating under the influence.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023

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