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

Mr. Erdogan, 70, grew up in Istanbul, where his father worked as a ferryboat captain.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Kids can scramble on the park’s playground featuring a ferryboat structure, a monstrous tentacle emerging from the ground, climbable orcas, and a slide made of rolling cylinders.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 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

The sailors cast off the rope and drew in the gangplank, and the water around the ferryboat churned white as the paddle wheels on its sides began to turn.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep