How to Use flotilla in a Sentence

flotilla

noun
  • To count the swans, the flotilla of skiffs row up the Thames for five days.
    — The New York Times Elaine Chen Emily Anthes, New York Times, 18 May 2023
  • Beyond that, there’s a flotilla that skims stray fuel and oil.
    — Andrew Lawrence, Car and Driver, 19 July 2021
  • Helmer is one of many islanders who now rent out rooms on their flotilla through Airbnb.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The country can’t address this dark moment with a flotilla of ships.
    — Andrew Morris-Singer and Brian Souza, STAT, 9 May 2022
  • The flotillas have been criticized for bringing minute amounts of aid on tiny ships.
    — Suzan Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Tracking showed the flotilla boats edging along the south coast of Crete.
    — April 30, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Food came in by sea as a flotilla defied the shelling to bring necessities to the city.
    — Elise Patkotak, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The river doesn’t need to be an attraction for a flotilla of plastic boats.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
  • The flotilla is days away from reaching about 200 miles off Gaza’s coast.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Nearby, a frothy bend in the river hosted a flotilla of teal blue rafts, our transport for the week.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • The flotilla boats are currently edging along the south coast of Crete.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Again, the activists responded, this time with a flotilla of boats blocking the blast zone.
    — Clarissa Dawes, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The flotilla will stop off the Havana Malecón seawall.
    — Sarah Moreno march 16, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Collins put out the planer boards, and flotilla of Jet Divers towing a school of small spoons.
    — cleveland, 17 June 2021
  • The safety divers move King’s stick-figure form to the flotilla and punch an oxygen mask to his face.
    — James Nestor, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2012
  • Thousands of people at both airports sat amid a flotilla of bags, trying to figure out what to do.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • What has happened to previous aid flotillas?
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Still bereft of propulsion, the ship was converted into a coal barge, a supply ship for a doomed flotilla.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
  • Israel claims that the blockade is legal and has called the flotilla a provocation.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But as the flotilla drew closer to Israel, those countries urged its members to turn back.
    — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Beach umbrellas as well as a flotilla of inflated rafts and water toys add to the spirit of fun.
    — Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2023
  • Flotillas of county marine deputies and Coast Guard sailors will escort them.
    — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 2 June 2017
  • Each year, the flotillas have been intercepted by the Israeli army.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Fans will be in the park, but the team has asked for a flotilla of fans to assemble on boats, paddleboards and kayaks on the water.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
  • The flotilla has since been reduced to a single vessel still headed toward Gaza.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Our vessel is the longest in the flotilla at 55 feet, and it is truly designed for sailing.
    — Rob Reed, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Trump is amassing an entire flotilla of Naval warships off the coast of Caracas.
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The tule reed craft will be accompanied on the bay crossing by a small flotilla of modern boats, in case a rescue is in the cards.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The small flotilla of tourist boats is about 23 kilometers (14 miles) offshore.
    — Time, 3 June 2020
  • There was the flotilla of Ferraris and Bugattis and Maseratis.
    — Casey Michel, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021

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