wooden boat

Example Sentences

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Bakary Jaiju was 19 when he climbed into a wooden boat in the Gambia and set out for Europe.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A rickety, leaky wooden boat that brought them from Bangladesh was moored on a lighthouse island not far from the village, he said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2023

The 19-year-old fisherman made his way to the front of the large, canoe-shaped wooden boat and sat at the bow.

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

He was in his home in New Orleans and beside him he could hear his wife Kathy breathing, her exhalations not unlike the shushing of water against the hull of a wooden boat.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers