skiff

Example Sentences

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People on the smaller vessel, a simple fishing skiff, held up cellphones like emergency flares in the night.

From The Wall Street Journal

First she had to get from the Caracas suburb where she has been in hiding for a year to a coastal fishing village, where a skiff awaited her.

From The Wall Street Journal

Madison especially thought pure direct democracy would prove unstable, a too-slight skiff heaved about in history’s seas.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first sailing medals of the Games will be awarded in the skiff class.

From BBC

The frigate seized the pirates given “the unsafe condition of their skiff” and said that some had “injuries of varied severity.”

From Seattle Times