How to Use sailboat in a Sentence

sailboat

noun
  • It’s sort of based on a sailboat.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Aboard a small sailboat, two men waved their arms, and a flag.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The best way to see each island is by rental car and sailboat.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The men who fell off the boat were able to swim to a nearby sailboat.
    — Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 11 Oct. 2020
  • His sailboat was out of the water on boat stands when the surge picked up.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • To take to the open sea in a 42-foot sailboat is to risk it all.
    — CBS News, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Reece kills his best friend in the off-camera sailboat shot heard around the world.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • So the sailboat remains anchored, a blue tarp pulled taut over its deck.
    — Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Like sailboats, ice boats are wind-powered, but sit upon three ice blades.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • So why not strap sails and a mast to your torso and feet to turn your body into a sailboat?
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
  • Search crews found the suit, which would have kept him dry, on the sailboat Friday.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2023
  • Don’t own a superyacht… or even a sailboat?
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
  • There’s not much that compares with watching the sun set over the sea from the deck of a sailboat.
    — Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Got stuck on a wooden sailboat in a storm off the coast of Mozambique.
    — Ruthie Ackerman, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The Coast Guard did not mention what caused the sailboat to sink.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The brand’s sailboat sketch goes gray, blue and black in a new range of sweatshirts, henleys and hats.
    — Kara Lewis,, kansascity, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The men watched the top of the sailboat’s mast disappear beneath the swells.
    — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • Calling 17 a sailboat is like calling the stealth bomber a plane.
    — Chris Jones, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2017
  • Here’s where the premier sailboats are docked side-by-side at the marina.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This shimmering tower of blue and white glass is shaped like the jib of a sailboat bound for shore.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Historic sailboats bob on the water.
    — Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Set free sailboats in Coconut Grove.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The14-foot white and blue sailboat may have been the craft the two missing people were aboard.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 29 May 2018
  • The sailboats in the force ranged from day cruisers to 150-foot racing yachts.
    — David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The ship is massive compared to other sailboats, but puny when stacked up against a cargo ship.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 June 2026
  • In the quiet of a Bering Sea sailboat, hunters could sneak up on bowheads.
    — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Oct. 2017
  • One of the boats sank, and a sailboat had major damage, Tidwell said.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Bill goes into flow chopping onions for dinner, Dave on his sailboat with a good breeze.
    — Bill Burnett, Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
  • For starters, its smaller and lighter design means the sailboat can access smaller ports.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 June 2026
  • Since then, at least six sailboats and two Moroccan fishing boats have been sunk.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025

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