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

The ferryboat Julia B., derisively dubbed the “flagship” of the “Arizona Navy” by a Times war correspondent assigned to cover the skirmish, promptly ran aground on a sandbar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

I was watching a ferryboat waddle on the river when I heard a man with a slight British accent say, “Where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you.”

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

The Pennsylvania Railroad had previously its terminus for New York in New Jersey at Jersey City, and passengers were forced to ride a ferryboat across the Hudson to get to New York.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2021

He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming weak, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse