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Sailors and landlubbers can lust after the latest jackets and other gear for foul or fair weather — and conduct a battle of the brands — by bouncing between Helly Hansen and Musto, only three doors apart.—Charles Babington, New York Times, 21 May 2025 The sheer novelty was part of the allure for a pair of lifelong landlubbers like us.—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025 Of note for landlubbers among us, a bathroom on a boat is called a head.—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025 Most visitors opt to snorkel or scuba dive the reefs and see their associated marine life, but landlubbers can stay dry with a glass-bottom boat tour.—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for landlubber
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