How to Use deckhand in a Sentence

deckhand

noun

• Sunny feels proud of herself and her first time as a lead deckhand.
  — Emma Soren, Vulture, 27 May 2024
• By the end of the picnic, the deckhands are tired and starving.
  — Emma Soren, Vulture, 24 June 2024
• Nathan, like his new deckhand, Tessa, isn’t even there for the first day of work.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
• One of the deckhands jumped in the water to swim to his colleague’s defense.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• But when Hugo talks to Damo about it, the deckhand isn’t too sorry.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
• As Thompson watched, deckhands worked with a long aluminum rod that had a hook on the end.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2019
• Glenn texts a staffing agent looking for a replacement deckhand.
  — Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
• Jason is not at all happy with his performance as a lead deckhand so far.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 May 2025
• New York City’s new fleet of high-tech ferries is putting out the call for deckhands.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2017
• The fisherman to my right took a blast to the face, and so did the deckhand, Mike, next to him.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
• Nathan gathers his team before the charter to appoint him as the lead deckhand.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
• Our narrator is Benji, who worked on the yacht as a deckhand.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
• Three deckhands on a second boat were injured when the tugboat crashed while trying to dock.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
• Lee Rosbach, prefers a deckhand or stewardess to work through the end of a charter.
  — Alyssa Haak, Marie Claire, 11 Nov. 2019
• Our new deckhand finally arrives, birthed from the sea foam like Aphrodite.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024
• Five people were on board — the captain, deckhand and three contractors.
  — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2018
• And how cryptically thrilling to know that the deckhands are laughing with you down the hallway of time.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
• The views from your porthole windows alone are enough to make any deckhand drop anchor for an extended stay.
  — Celine Bossart, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2016
• Jake was a lead deckhand before, and Lee was impressed with his anchoring the boat.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
• The actresses then got a lesson in cutting bait from the boat's deckhand, who showed them how to behead a squid.
  — Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• The white boaters were clearly in the wrong, and people came to the aid of the Black deckhands, both during the fight and since.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• Mike, the deckhand, pulled out a glowing, green Hydro Glow and pitched it off the starboard side.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
• Harry worked as a deckhand (and then lead deckhand), while Bri served as a stewardess and then a third stewardess.
  — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
• Captain Lee lays down the law, and Eddie wants to promote Jake to lead deckhand.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• Stewardess and deckhand Wendy Ducker just joined the crew in the Gal�pagos.
  — James Shreeve, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2004
• That order sent the paddle wheel going and the deckhand was tragically killed.
  — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
• One of the remaining deckhands climbed the mast ladder to secure some rigging as the sun was dropping to the horizon.
  — John Kuntz, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2019
• The 26-year-old was a deckhand on a commercial salmon fishing boat in Alaska.
  — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• Now back in the harbor, the ship arrives as if from the past without its long-missing deckhands, who may have thrown themselves overboard.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
• Expect to leave the parade bent over under the weight of beads, doubloons and other treasure like a deckhand totin' a barrel of rum.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 7 Feb. 2018