How to Use Flying Dutchman in a Sentence

Flying Dutchman

noun
  • The Flying Dutchman has other plans.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Fans can choose from a wide variety of styles, ranging from the Flying Dutchman to Protein Style.
    — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Dec. 2025
  • In which SpongeBob and Gary the Snail have a conversation about string cheese, and the Flying Dutchman goes crazy at the sheer inanity of it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The Flying Dutchman, a recurring presence on the series since Season One, is a phosphorescent green ghost who has struck a deal with the devil.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote his own homage to the Flying Dutchman as reinterpreted for the Dash.
    — Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Opened in 2001, Batwing opened as one of several Flying Dutchman models from Dutch manufacturer Vekoma.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
  • So longtime fans may be understandably disappointed that many of these memorable undersea creatures see limited screen time, elbowed aside in favor of the nefarious ghost pirate the Flying Dutchman and his ghoulish crew.
    — Justin Lowe, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Doyle-Murray had a recurring role in the first two seasons of the AMC cult hit Lodge 49 and voiced the Flying Dutchman in multiple SpongeBob projects across TV and video games.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
  • Poking around in Krabs’ stash of seafaring collectibles, SpongeBob and Patrick inadvertently summon the Flying Dutchman, who promises to help SpongeBob complete his swashbuckling checklist.
    — Justin Lowe, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Worlds of Fun has a great collection of thrill rides that includes a Huss Troika (Mustang Runner), Huss Enterprise (Zulu), Huss-style Swing Around (Fjord Fjarlane) and Intamin Flying Dutchman.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Even the Fort Worth Symphony got on the Wagner-in-concert bandwagon in April 2024, with music director Robert Spano conducting a semistaged Act 1 of Die Walküre, and then a complete Flying Dutchman last April.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And SpongeBob, determined to not be just a bubble blowing baby boy, is set off on his own odyssey that takes him and his jolly starfish sidekick Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) on a madcap adventure to the underworld with the ghost of The Flying Dutchman ( Mark Hamill ) and his lackey Barb (Regina Hall).
    — Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025

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