ferryboat

Example Sentences

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Beset by financial hardship, in part because of a devastating injury in a ferryboat accident, Meucci was unable to afford the $10 fee to renew his caveat, which as a result expired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Dotted with details of her particular milieu — the ferryboat, the crepe shop, the rock show that leaves glitter in the eyelashes — “Monsters” is part memoir, part treatise and all treat.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

With the death of his parents in a ferryboat fire, Norwegian author Per Petterson is consumed with the notion of family.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Take the tykes to scramble on a two-level, 47-foot-long ferryboat play structure, climbable orca whales, and other play structures at the brand-new inclusive playground at Battle Point Park.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

We waited by the gateway, watching them walk through the dark tunnel out into the bright light where the ferryboat rode the waves.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep