Examples of speedboat in a Sentence
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Sighting Shebara The speedboat and its four passengers—the captain, the skipper, my aforementioned scuba instructor and I—are cruising along the water when a mirage seems to appear in the distance, strung out like giant pearls floating on top of the sea.
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Lauren Keith, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
With around 1,200 islands scattered across 90,000 square kilometers of ocean, moving between places by seaplane, speedboat, or domestic flight can take a lot of time and money.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Besides the foot chase in Manhattan, there’s a speedboat chase in Dubai and a car chase through the crowded streets of London.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The seas were rough and the wind was picking up late Thursday morning when a team of five experienced Italian divers plunged toward these pitch-black caverns off the Vaavu Atoll, about an hour south by speedboat of the capital Malé.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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Lauren Keith, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
With around 1,200 islands scattered across 90,000 square kilometers of ocean, moving between places by seaplane, speedboat, or domestic flight can take a lot of time and money.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Besides the foot chase in Manhattan, there’s a speedboat chase in Dubai and a car chase through the crowded streets of London.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The seas were rough and the wind was picking up late Thursday morning when a team of five experienced Italian divers plunged toward these pitch-black caverns off the Vaavu Atoll, about an hour south by speedboat of the capital Malé.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedboat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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speedboat
noun
speed·boat
ˈspēd-ˌbōt 
: a fast motorboat
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