rowing boat

chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowing boat
Noun
  • His collection included woodland pots from North America, Aztec stone figurines and obsidian blades, a canoe from South America, Indigenous stone tools and weapons, Taino artifacts, an ancient Roman mosaic fragment, and Chinese pottery and armor.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Book a Hawaiian outrigger canoe trip at sunrise to watch dolphins.
    Carla Vianna, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Only a handful of rafts floated lazily in the water.
    Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The Niners have dealt with a raft of injuries admirably.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 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
  • Golden mussels clog the thruster and decorate the underside of his dinghies.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Book a kayak tour or fishing charter.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Beyond lies a private stretch of sand — perfect for launching a kayak or paddleboard at sunrise, or sipping wine as the sun sets over Buzzards Bay.
    Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 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
  • The trio of Jagger, Richards, and Watts played their first gig together in 1962, before Beatlemania.
    John Lingan, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Matthieu Sauret took a different path before landing the lead gig in the heritage department of Jaeger-LeCoultre at just 33 years old, in 2020.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
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