How to Use dockyard in a Sentence

dockyard

noun

• This story begins not in the open ocean, but in a dockyard.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Laze aboard, visit the dockyard, or take a tender to swim and snorkel.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 2 June 2021
• There would be a meeting point somewhere outside a dockyard or in a parking lot near a pier.
  — New York Times, 15 June 2021
• Li had worked as a painter and sandblaster at the Staten Island dockyard for roughly four years.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
• But there's no doubt that its dockyard, which can be accessed via two separate openings on each side of the vessel, is its most eye-catching feature.
  — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 30 July 2021
• However, the incident at the small Simon’s Town dockyard took place seven months ago.
  — Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 29 July 2023
• Sailors, many of them already desperately ill, stumbled down the gangplank and into the dockyards of Messina.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 3 July 2018
• Hikers can make their way up to the dockyard’s lookout, Shirley Heights—but be prepared for a challenging climb and wear comfortable shoes.
  — Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
• Hikers can make their way up to the dockyard’s lookout, Shirley Heights—but be prepared for a challenging climb and wear comfortable shoes.
  — Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
• The former Royal Navy dockyard has an extensive past and is now a museum and attraction.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
• The 722-footer was moved from the construction dock to the water for the first time, with tugs then guiding it along a set course to the outfitting dockyard.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 June 2025
• The town was literally ablaze, the dry dock and dockyard buildings completely demolished and everywhere wounded and dead.
  — Marc Wortman, Smithsonian, 14 July 2017
• The town was literally ablaze, the dry dock and dockyard buildings completely demolished and everywhere wounded and dead.
  — Marc Wortman, Smithsonian, 15 July 2017
• Even for travelers who would not describe themselves as maritime history enthusiasts, the dockyard has broad appeal.
  — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• The reason for its enduring success lies in the geography of English Harbour, where the dockyard was built.
  — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Afterward, enjoy a stroll around the dockyard for a little people-watching or souvenir shopping while the salty sea breeze rejuvenates your senses.
  — Bermuda Tourism Authority, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
• During our layover, a worker at the dockyard had told me of the attacks and the threat of starvation incapacitating the capital.
  — EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
• An aerial view of a container ship leaving the dockyard in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province.
  — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
• The brand new carrier left its dockyard in Rosyth for the first time on Monday, where it was assembled from subsections built all over the UK.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2017
• The dockyard justifies this by offering 12 months of admission, but for most tourists that promise has limited practical value.
  — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Another large protest took place in Mandalay, where police shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard as security forces were trying to force workers to load a boat.
  — NBC News, 21 Feb. 2021
• About 50 minutes after the blaze broke out — as smoke eaters were still battling the now two-alarm fire at the Richmond Terrace dockyard near Andros Ave.
  — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
• That’s because the design studio’s latest innovative concept is a multi-purpose superyacht that doubles as a dockyard for small tenders servicing the high seas.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 July 2021
• According to Plutarch, Caesar set fire to the enemy fleet, but the fire raged out of control from the nearby dockyards and swallowed the Great Library.
  — Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
• Today, Phantom is being tested in factories and dockyards from Atlanta to Singapore.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 10 Mar. 2026
• The rural setting is not just beautiful but bucolic to die for, with shots of Galicia’s coastline constantly present to counter darker scenes and contrast with Ferrol’s dockyards.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
• Most Pakistanis and Bangladeshis who came to Britain after the second world war were drawn to existing Muslim communities around cotton mills or dockyards.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• Demonstrators turned out in force in Mandalay, the country’s second-biggest city, where security forces shot dead two people on Saturday near a dockyard where the authorities had been trying to force workers to load a boat.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2021
• The normal winter overhaul schedule takes other ferries offline for various periods this winter, and three ferries — including the new Hubbard and Tazlina — will be unusable because of dockyard work.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2019
• Twenty-two percent of coastal regions receive a similar degree of artificial illumination, with light emanating from sources such as housing developments, promenades, ports, harbors and dockyards.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019