gangplank

Example Sentences

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Jack said he watched me until my feet disappeared over the gangplank …

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

As the Canberra repatriated the PoWs to Puerto Madryn - the Welsh-speaking enclave of Argentina - in July 1982, a Navy photographer captured Irfon and Giorgio sharing a heartfelt goodbye handshake on the gangplank.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2022

In a way, Harry and Meghan have done them a favor by jumping ship, rather than being asked to walk the gangplank.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

If the Nats walk out to the end of the gangplank — game after game — in this World Series, will you still be around to see who wins the final game?

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2019

Maybe one day, he would meet them all, tour their ship, see the gangplank and the cannons for himself, wear the white, poufy shirt of the captain, shake hands with Casanova.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray