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Noun
Following one shipboard spat, Whittle agreed to a duel with his challenger upon touching land, though the pair never followed through.—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025 Yet soon one is overcome by Charles Laughton’s creepy, convincing portrayal of Captain Bligh’s sadomasochism: most of the first fifteen minutes is taken up with floggings and other shipboard disciplining of half-naked men, shown in detail while Laughton looks on with long-lipped lasciviousness.—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Adjective
And then there’s the efficiency with which the shipboard lifestyle promotes a lively assortment of respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses.—Curbed, 3 Mar. 2022 Interested in inverting the power dynamics between the superrich and those underpaid to serve them, Ostlund found de Leon’s transformation from shipboard housekeeping staffer to authoritative captain ashore to be searingly convincing.—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for shipboard
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