gangplank
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When the 380-foot steamship Great Republic—one of the world’s largest passenger vessels at the time—arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong, 1,300 blue-coated Chinese laborers filed down its gangplank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The couple was arrested on March 31, 2021, on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey and held without bail.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Julia told an interviewer years later that Tyler picked her up and carried her across a gangplank to a rescue boat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
We’re basically going to walk out on the gangplank, and we’re going to give ourselves no options.’
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
As the king comes down the gangplank the light breaks through a last time, and his white figure and the great arch stand out a moment vivid and splendid against the storm-darkened south.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word