How to Use ferryboat in a Sentence

ferryboat

noun
  • But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
    — Julia Press, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.
    — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • The ferryboat Ramona was coming across the bay at the time of the accident.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2019
  • The day also marked the end of the line for Coronado ferryboats.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • So what’s a guy like Welsh doing musing about his mortality on a creaky ferryboat?
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2012
  • Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • From a ferryboat in the bay, the buildings outlined in holiday lights make the skyline look magical.
    — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Water taxis, ferryboats and private craft buzzed about the harbor loaded with visitors.
    — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 21 May 2017
  • The historic Eureka ferryboat is docked at the Hyde Street Pier.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Now the Rudin family is tweaking that rule, adding another mode of transportation—a ferryboat.
    — Keiko Morris, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The ferryboat namesakes are a group of heavy-hitters and official Disney Legends.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • Starting in 2027, the 120-foot-long ferryboat will be available for visitors to ride.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • Drivers might notice a container ship passing under the bridge sometimes, a ferryboat coming or going on the waterfront.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Pile onto a ferryboat in Mobile for the 40-minute trip across the bay, or drive over the 3-mile bridge to get to the parks, beaches, trails and plenty of spots to commune with nature.
    — Atlanta Travel, ajc, 17 Apr. 2017
  • Federal security guards can't leave their posts in the middle of a terrorist threat … A ferryboat crew can't drive their boat out into the middle of the river and abandon ship.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • That was when Grigoris Karnesis, a veteran Greek ferryboat captain, spotted the child.
    — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Those contracts range from masks and medical equipment to janitorial cleaning, video productions and even ferryboat services.
    — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
  • However, as one keen-eyed fan pointed out, Meredith did technically put away the ferryboat cap in the season 14 finale, so this move shouldn't have come as a surprise.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2018
  • That new platform, Ashley said, would be located where the Berkeley, an 1898 steam ferryboat, is currently docked.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.
    — Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • For years, the Greek government seemed content to run Piraeus largely as a commuter port for the ferryboats that take millions of locals and tourists to islands in the Aegean Sea.
    — By vivienne Walt, Fortune, 22 July 2019
  • Ship models can be viewed and appreciated up close in the new visitor annex aboard the Maritime Museum’s steam ferryboat Berkeley.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2021
  • One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
    — Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Music at the Maritime, a quarterly concert series performed aboard one of the museum’s historic world-class ships, the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Walt Disney World is expanding its fleet of ferryboats that connect Magic Kingdom theme park and the Transportation and Ticket Center.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026

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