Examples of cabin boy in a Sentence
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There are perhaps a hundred different versions, but the story and haunting melody remained the same: The captain always betrays the cabin boy, and the boy is always left to drown.
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Rosanne Cash,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
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Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
Born in Salem, Mass., in 1803, Driver ran away from home at 13 to become a cabin boy on a ship.
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Meredith Kile,
People.com,
4 July 2025
She’s accompanied by a chaperone/warder, Loti (Céline Menville), a Frenchwoman who has a mean way with a dagger, and cabin boy Blaster (Kayden Price).
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Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
This French girl is said to have disguised herself as a cabin boy to sail with her beloved to North America.
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Jack Schnedler,
Arkansas Online,
19 May 2025
The young man probably arrived from England in the 1630s as a cabin boy or an indentured servant.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
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Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2023
One day, captured by the wicked pirate Peg Leg Olle, Mo bumps into a resourceful young cabin boy, Hannes, and his pet bird.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2023
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Rosanne Cash,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
Born in Salem, Mass., in 1803, Driver ran away from home at 13 to become a cabin boy on a ship.
—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
4 July 2025
She’s accompanied by a chaperone/warder, Loti (Céline Menville), a Frenchwoman who has a mean way with a dagger, and cabin boy Blaster (Kayden Price).
—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
This French girl is said to have disguised herself as a cabin boy to sail with her beloved to North America.
—
Jack Schnedler,
Arkansas Online,
19 May 2025
The young man probably arrived from England in the 1630s as a cabin boy or an indentured servant.
—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2023
One day, captured by the wicked pirate Peg Leg Olle, Mo bumps into a resourceful young cabin boy, Hannes, and his pet bird.
—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2023
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“Cabin boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabin%20boy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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