How to Use boathouse in a Sentence

boathouse

noun
  • The boathouse, lake and lake loop trail will close at this time.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The boathouse has a floor on hinges that can lift up or set down.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The boathouse fire has not been linked to the bin fires, police said.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • There’s also a boathouse with a kayak and a boat that guests can use.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al.com, 23 July 2019
  • Pool, hot tub, outdoor kitchen, six-car garage, two-boat boathouse.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Two doors down, there was heavy smoke and fire damage to rear of the boathouse.
    — NOLA.com, 17 May 2017
  • This won't be the first time in recent years that the boathouse has closed its doors.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 21 July 2022
  • It would be managed by the boathouse vendor along with the city.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
  • The site’s largest tank was located where the boathouse now stands.
    — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Yale added a women’s locker room to the boathouse the next year.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • There’s a free public parking lot at the base of the pier and boathouse.
    — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The storm lifted the roof of a boathouse and damaged a dock, garage, and fence.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The boathouse and pier leading to the now-dry ground where the lake lift was filmed is off to the right.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 26 May 2017
  • Austin’s childhood home turns out to have its own greenhouse, a boathouse, a dance hall, and a yacht.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The once bustling area is now surrounded by parched soil, with many boathouses high and dry.
    — Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Others could head to the boathouse and rent a watercraft to paddle around.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The boathouse is long gone, but pilings remain, along with remnants of the rails used to launch the boats.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The site once had contained only a boathouse that was built more than 100 years ago.
    — Jade Yan, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In addition to the two buildings, there was a boathouse nearby.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Making days on the lake even more comfortable and luxe is the boathouse pavilion right by the dock.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Proceeds from the event will benefit the restoration of the boathouse.
    — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Today the club has about 300 members, who keep boats at the boathouse and prize its wide dock.
    — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The blaze was quickly extinguished and the boathouse wasn’t damaged.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • Instead, the two young men shot up in a cinder-block boathouse at the edge of the Klamers’ backyard.
    — Rosa Goldensohn, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • The property also boasts 214 feet of frontage land and comes with its own dock and boathouse.
    — Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Where the daughter does that singsong thing in the mirror and the detective finds the old guy crying in the boathouse?
    — Sam Lipsyte, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The property spans more than three waterfront acres, with a patio, pool, boathouse, yards, and a deck.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The one-acre lot includes 80 feet of waterfront, a boathouse and a private pier with boat lifts.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • Joe Vostrejs was taken aback by the boathouse questioning.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
  • Outdoors, the sunlit gardens sprawl out before a boathouse with a dock and a striking sauna on the water.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025

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