Examples of speedboat in a Sentence
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
Musk oxen can be shot from snowmobiles, narwhals and minke whales from speedboats.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
According to prosecutors, Gogic and his co-conspirators worked with the ships' crew members to smuggle cocaine in shipping containers, hoisting loads of the drug from speedboats that approached the cargo vessels along their route, including near ports in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Select runabouts and speedboats, between 24 and 42 feet, have emerged as boating’s latest crown jewels.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
Musk oxen can be shot from snowmobiles, narwhals and minke whales from speedboats.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
According to prosecutors, Gogic and his co-conspirators worked with the ships' crew members to smuggle cocaine in shipping containers, hoisting loads of the drug from speedboats that approached the cargo vessels along their route, including near ports in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Select runabouts and speedboats, between 24 and 42 feet, have emerged as boating’s latest crown jewels.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedboat. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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speedboat
noun
speed·boat
ˈspēd-ˌbōt 
: a fast motorboat
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