rowing boat

chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowing boat
Noun
  • Both men were wearing life jackets, but were separated when their canoe capsized.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • No death-defying rapids here on this lazy, looping stretch easily paddled by families in canoes.
    Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When on Nantucket, Swain zooms around the island in a hard-bottom, Navy SEAL–style, super-high-speed raft, a type deployed by the military in Ukraine.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • The company introduced a raft of innovations during its annual GTC event (which is short for GPU Technology Conference, a reference to Nvidia’s core product, the graphics processing unit).
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Alice Austen and Gertrude Tate in a rowboat in Scotland in 1903.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House But when the 1929 stock market crash caught Austen in the crosshairs, her financial standing plummeted.
    Margaret Hetherman, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Another sweet photo showed the couple spending time together in a rowboat on the lake.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That misses the point of a pontoon boat, not to mention living on a nice piece of lakeshore.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Kelly’s father owned a pontoon boat that, in high school, had been off limits.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One even landed near her kayak, Kitchen said, laughing.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Soon, the Florida woman's kayak is surrounded by swimming, curious macaques.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The bulk of the trip was focused on searching for wildlife during skiff rides along the shores and on a walk in the jungle.
    Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 21 Oct. 2025
  • On Monday morning, Duane and Bill took the skiff to the far side of the lake.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Finally, there’s the fact that the Blazers are handing him the gig, with Clingan playing 30 minutes in the opener against Minnesota.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Kiszka brothers, who make up Greta Van Fleet with sibling Josh on vocals and Danny Wagner on drums, strike their best bar-band poses onstage at the Pony, and even have a speaking line outside on the Asbury Park sidewalk following a gig.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
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