sailboat

Example Sentences

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Maybe you have looked at the clouds and imagined a sailboat, a seahorse, or even your great-aunt Rosemary staring back at you.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

The author recounts the stories of three contestants in the 1968 Golden Globe around-the-world solo sailboat race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Vaughan had been on the boat with her husband and two children, aged 12 and eight, and had been sunbathing when the motorboat crashed into a sailboat carrying party-goers.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Not to point fingers, but if you’re taking a sailboat through possibly dinosaur-infested waters, whatever happens is on you.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

David Alspeth stopped at the locked gate, felt in his hands the weight of the small box which he could not stand to see yet, looked down on the sailboat, and tried not to cry.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen