schooner

Example Sentences

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Behind them is the Bel Espoir, a schooner vessel on which the youths -- whether from Libya and Egypt or France and Bosnia -- have been sailing the Mediterranean to promote peace.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Lake Superior’s first known commercial casualty, in 1816, was a schooner with a name that suggests hubris: the Invincible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

By the late 1850s, two brothers, Oscar Lovell Shafter and James McMillan Shafter, had established a large operation to produce butter and cheese, and ferried their goods to San Francisco on small schooner ships.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

As captain and first mate, they say piloting their 75-foot schooner has only strengthened their brotherly bond, with their small expedition team serving as an adoptive family.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

“In ’28, I be on d’Hettie Redd sout’ o’ Antigua when d’tempis’ hit D’wind was outrageous, an’ d’oF schooner break up like chips failin’ ’fore d’ax.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor