yawl

Example Sentences

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The sailors took their 40-foot yawl J. Henry through the Panama Canal, turned south and prepared for a long Pacific crossing to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.

From Washington Times

In response to another negative comment, she wrote: “It’s tight on these kids right now. Let’s have a laugh and some compassion yawl !”

From Fox News

“Free college? Free medical care? How yawl going to pay for that? He’s a pie in the sky guy,” he said.

From The Guardian

Not only is Cheerio II, an 88-year-old wooden yawl, the oldest boat in the race, its skipper has been around the water even longer than it has.

From Los Angeles Times

As we walked in a sales lady from behind a counter about twenty feet away called out in a cheery voice with a beaming smile, "Hi there. How are 'yawl' doing today?"

From New York Times