bateau

Example Sentences

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With the development of the James River and Kanawha Canal, followed quickly by the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad, the bateau was usurped and made irrelevant.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

Forte émotion devant le drame des nombreux morts dû au chavirage d’un bateau de migrants dans la Manche.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2021

In the picture, Portman is wearing what looks like a Dior-inspired, cherry-red dress with bateau neckline and sizable buttons, complemented by a triple strand of pearls.

From Time • Dec. 16, 2015

Several boat launches provide access to the East Branch of the Penobscot River, which Thoreau rode on a flat-bottomed bateau on his final visit here in 1857.

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2015

The river was dark and a bateau mouche went by, all bright with lights, going fast and quiet up and out of sight under the bridge.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway