wooden boat

Example Sentences

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One survivor said that some in the party had been at sea for a month in a wooden boat.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

But more than a month later, the wooden boat carrying 101 men and boys was getting blown further and further away from its intended destination.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

In Gran Canaria, the coast guard towed a wooden boat carrying migrants, including a toddler, into the port of Arguineguin.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2023

The second rescue involved 96 people on a similar wooden boat, including nine children, mainly Syrians.

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2023

I would rather be in a small wooden boat carved from an old tree, or even a floating nutshell.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys