narrow boat

British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrow boat
Noun
  • However, in March photos emerged of a series of new barge-like PLA ships dubbed Shuiqiao that can link together to form a loading dock from over a half-mile out to sea—drastically boosting Beijing’s land invasion potency.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Next summer, the plan is for a barge to bring over the drilling rig to start the first well.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The latter inform the entryway to the space while the keel shape appears at the rear of the store as an installation.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The vessel had been ice-locked since January in the Weddell Sea, and by October’s end, the ice had torn off the rudder, ripped the keel, broken the deck beams in the engine room and punched holes in the sides of the boat.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Others are banned entirely, including strike anywhere matches, torch lighters, and flammable aerosols like spray paint.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Guns, knives, lighters and cop cars are seen during a series of intense fast cuts.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • There are 10 speeds for nearly any task, and there are also 10 attachments available that transform your mixer into a pasta maker, a veggie cutter and more.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to guarding Doncic, Kuminga looked comfortable launching bombs from behind the arc against a porous Lakers defense while also creating space as a cutter when Green had the ball at the elbow.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Viewers are dropped into the aftermath of an unnamed personal conflict and must work out over the course of the runtime the stakes of the situation, a highwire act handled deftly by the actors whose tender performances provide the emotional impact of the film’s shattering final sequence.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The scenes unfold like reunion and release, tender against the alien architecture.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tram, metro, and water taxi stations are within a 10-minute walk, and other popular areas of Dubai, including downtown, Kite Beach, and the Al Fahidi Heritage district, are easily accessed by taxi.
    Nicola Chilton, AFAR Media, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For a special occasion dinner, book a water taxi to Islesford Dock, a fishing dock turned fine dining restaurant which sources most of its ingredients not just from the state of Maine, but their very county.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In a video obtained by the Associated Press, the ship is first seen in the waters being circled by a lifeboat with emergency responders aboard.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Others, a lifeboat adrift in time.
    Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
  • Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Narrow boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow%20boat. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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