How to Use longship in a Sentence

longship

noun

• The egg carton longship floated best, the school writes in its blog.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
• More than a thousand years ago, the Vikings arrived on the world stage as swiftly as their longships cut through the waves.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2018
• Step aboard restored Viking longships in Oslo, and listen to Viking lore that has been passed down through the centuries.
  — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
• On the carpet, a line drawing of a Viking longship, sections of which are repeated elsewhere in the decor.
  — Marjie Lambert, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Viking descendants follow a Viking longship in a huge procession, all carrying torches, and at the end of the route, the boat is set on fire.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
• There is much yet to come in what the author promises will be a trilogy: 10 shaggy years for Harald, up to the battle of the longships at Hafrsfjord.
  — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
• In the horrific onslaught, those not killed outright are taken away in longships.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
• Working in teams, students made longships out of household items like egg cartons and tea boxes.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
• Working in teams, students made longships out of household items like egg cartons and tea boxes.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
• The second book compasses the long history of water-going vessels, from Mesopotamian rafts, Greek triremes and Viking longships to the ages of sail and steam and beyond.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 12 July 2018
• In the reliefs above the tombs, an angel casts incense to the Hebridean winds and a bìrlinn, or Highland galley, sets sail, hauntingly similar to a Viking longship.
  — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2021
• Your average on-foot march, horse ride, or longship charge through the Dark Ages will include some form of organic interruption.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
• To a discordant blare of horns, a second, much larger longship rises from beneath the river’s surface.
  — Nat Segnit, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
• Link sits at the helm of a magical longship, and the oceans spread out in front of him.
  — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
• Nobody has more sailings to choose from than Viking, which has some 80 longships plying the continent.
  — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025