How to Use skipper in a Sentence

skipper

1 of 2 noun

• The new skipper watched it all from the top step of the dugout.
  — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• But this skipper, John, did not care to go to town.
  — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
• But the skipper sounded like the wait was worth it.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• For the new skipper, the true challenge was in the buildup.
  — Haley Smilow, Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2026
• Then, the skipper was asked if surgery was on the table.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
• And his skipper couldn’t be prouder.
  — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
• The skipper also hit five fours and two sixes.
  — ABC News, 2 May 2026
• Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.
  — Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
• Some pumpkins veer off course and soak their skippers in the pond’s fountain.
  — Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
• Instead, the first-year skipper let out a soft whistle.
  — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• The skipper shifted course and told us that a pod of sperm whales lay just over a mile to the northwest.
  — Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2022
• And the Dodgers' skipper thinks the two-way star has his sights set on reaching new heights.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
• Ludwig says many breakfast skippers end up overeating at night.
  — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 13 May 2026
• Evidently, the skipper had a fast change of heart.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
• Heesen gave one passionate skipper one hell of a Christmas present this year.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2023
• Each canoe holds roughly eight to 16 people, with a skipper to guide them.
  — Kayla J. Dunn, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The skipper called out the two-time All-Star for simply not getting the job done.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• Now, skippers compete in races on different classes of ice boats.
  — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
• After the ship, named Munin, was built, Kottmeier served as its skipper for its first season.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
• Gozzo boats can be rented with or without a skipper, even without a license.
  — Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
• Stearns would be the lone skipper of the trio to be let go by their respective team without winning the pennant.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
• The skipper spoke on his decision to change things ahead of such an important contest.
  — Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
• Potter is concerned about the lack of leaders, but has seen Bowen grow into his role as skipper.
  — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• Yacht skippers do this with a compass, log, chart, dividers, a straightedge, and a bit of luck, as do small plane pilots.
  — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
• The fourth victim, a Russian woman, had been married to the boat’s skipper.
  — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• The snake has other ideas, chowing down on the boat's skipper and the crew's sound engineer and still hungry for more.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
• Bunnell hopes to one day become a skipper on the Pinnacle or some other crab boat.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
• That decision could come as soon as this week, leaving the next skipper to assemble a coaching staff.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
• The third-year skipper passed Jerry Manuel and moved into ninth place on the franchise's wins list.
  — CBS News, 18 June 2026
• The third-year skipper passed Jerry Manuel and moved into ninth place on the franchise’s wins list.
  — ABC News, 17 June 2026

skipper

2 of 2 verb

• The boat was skippered by a skilled veteran sailor.
• He skippered the team to their latest World Series win.
• Dan Burn, however, is likely to skipper the team as a left-sided centre-half.
  — Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
• In Croatia, on the other hand, skippering a motorboat of any size is not allowed at all.
  — Chrissie McClatchie, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2023
• In one of its many marinas, Irmak Yüksel and her family offer bareboat and skippered charters.
  — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 18 Mar. 2023
• Bobby Jenks is skippering an independent league team near Chicago.
  — Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
• Palm Beach founder and CEO Mark Richards, who has skippered the yacht for the past 20 years, spearheaded the work.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
• Reeve's version of a wrap party after filming the first Superman was to skipper a sailboat from Connecticut to Bermuda.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
• In Qatar in 2022, Tyler Adams skippered the side at the age of 23, under head coach Gregg Berhalter.
  — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• The charismatic former French Open champion Yannick Noah skippers the team as Tim Henman comes in as vice-captain.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• This was an international qualification, Jeffers, that apparently enabled the holder to skipper large yachts anywhere in the world.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• Farrell junior was called up as an injury replacement early in the tour and will skipper the side from inside centre at Dockland's Stadium in his 20th match for the Lions.
  — Nick Mulvenney, Reuters, 21 July 2025
• For Johnson, who skippered the Tigers to a title in his second season in Baton Rouge, the day ‒ and opportunity to join the broadcast − is the nexus of his occupation.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• He was supposed to skipper Single-A Staten Island in 2020, but the pandemic canceled the minor league season.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
• The second-place total of John McGraw, who skippered the (New York) Giants for the first 30 years of the 20th century.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 May 2026
• On a sunny, summer Sunday morning, perfect for being on the water, David Trotter, skippered his 32-foot boat, the Obsession Too, to a nearly 112-year-old shipwreck only a handful of people knew was there.
  — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Many expect McSweeney — who, having also skippered Brisbane Heat to the Big Bash League title, is the only man other than Smith to win all three domestic trophies as captain — to return to Test cricket in the future.
  — Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Goalkeeper Diogo Costa is captain of Porto, Bruno Fernandes skippers Manchester United, Bernardo wore the armband for Manchester City in his final year at the Etihad.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 June 2026
• In the absence of club captain Martin Odegaard — and Bukayo Saka, who has frequently worn the armband as the Norwegian’s deputy — Rice skippered the team in Saturday’s Premier League fixture against Bournemouth as well as Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Sporting.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026