How to Use shipboard in a Sentence

shipboard

1 of 2 noun
  • Sweaters and light fleeces are very much common shipboard fashion choices.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The heroism of shipboard fire fighters kept the death and injury toll from being higher.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Sailors sometimes returned the favor by eating shipboard rats.
    — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Then, the company often declined to comment on virus outbreaks among shipboard crew.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2021
  • Two books look at the pivotal 1941 shipboard meeting and its impact today.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Though the content of shipboard questionnaires has changed through the years, there’s usually a wealth of data to be found that will prove useful.
    — David Migoya, The Denver Post, 14 June 2017
  • During his career, Jim Klum helped create and shape a firefighting unit that trains for a shipboard fire call.
    — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The musical takes place aboard an ocean liner, with a madcap shipboard romance that also involves comedic gangsters.
    — Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2019
  • There was little visible damage control equipment aboard the warship for quickly putting out shipboard fires.
    — New York Times, 5 May 2022
  • Chong Mi Land ensure everyone’s clad in their ‘30s shipboard finest, even when in disguise.
    — David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • It has since been confirmed by other shipboard expeditions and by measurements from satellites.
    — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 26 June 2023
  • Cruise operators have also been hard hit, with shares sinking 30% or more as shipboard infections rose.
    — Damian Troise, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Air compressors pushed the rocks up in a column of seawater and sediment and into a shipboard centrifuge that spun away most of the water.
    — WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Santa Fe’s Tristan favors abstraction over the opera’s shipboard and castle scenes.
    — Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Friday's deal adds sports betting and online casino gambling to the mix to complement the physical shipboard casinos.
    — Wayne Parry, ajc, 17 June 2022
  • Friday’s deal adds sports betting and online casino gambling to the mix to complement the physical shipboard casinos.
    — Wayne Parry, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2022
  • My presentation was extremely well received by the Admirals but the shipboard test posed some unique challenges.
    — Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes, 12 July 2022
  • All races ate and slept together below decks, while common dangers and hardships fostered a shipboard fraternity that blurred the color line.
    — Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Keep your financial expectations in check by keeping tabs on your shipboard account numbers every few days throughout the sailing.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2019
  • Guests can spot whales, otters, bears, sea lions, deer, and eagles regularly, while the sounds from the fathoms below burble to the surface thanks to a shipboard hydrophone.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • These plans include cruise-specific inconvenience benefits, like for shipboard service disruptions and port of call changes.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Railguns, with the promise of powerful long-range shots that can stop missiles, sink ships, and devastate coastal defenses, offer a path back to relevance for shipboard guns.
    — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2023
  • During the voyage more than half of these human beings died, from suicide, malnutrition, disease, or in a shipboard insurrection put down by gunfire.
    — Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
  • Scientists currently use satellite data and shipboard expeditions to study global oceans, but can only monitor a small portion of the ocean at any time through those means.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • On shipboard, Jay radiates the same unexpected charm that had captivated the Bard students.
    — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017
  • For weeks, crew members tested their mettle in exercises meant to sharpen their ability to do everything from elude submarines to knock down shipboard fires to triage casualties.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
  • During those two decades, firefighters have responded to only one significant shipboard fire since 2003.
    — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The price includes business class international air travel, transfers to and from the ship, all shipboard gratuities and services fees, visa services, luggage shipping, and a beverage package.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2021
  • That’s why so many countries that operate small aircraft carriers lacking catapults are acquiring the F-35B for shipboard use.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The new geophysical data, acquired using state-of-the-art shipboard sonar and published online earlier this year in Eos, span 2,500 kilometers of seabed.
    — Terri Cook, Scientific American, 26 June 2017

shipboard

2 of 2 adjective
  • The crew has learned to navigate shipboard life, too.
    — David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • While prices are steep, cruise lines add perks like business class airfare, shipboard credit, and excursions led by seasoned experts.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Nicole Wertheim died at age 82 on April 20 in her shipboard room, the crew told Erica.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Holland America also threw in a $200 in shipboard credit.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • While gratuities are automatically added to guests’ shipboard accounts, the amount can be adjusted on board at the guest’s request, the spokesperson said.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • For the average guest, $17pp per day is charged to your shipboard account, to cover gratuities for headwaiters, waiters, bus staff and room stewards.
    — Debbi Kickham, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Kids can join shipboard activities suited to their abilities, with watersports and mast climbing limited to ages 12 and up.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • During his many years of working as a shipboard mechanic in the Navy, Whitney was exposed to high temperatures for extended periods of time.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Its recent drone shootdown suggests that, despite lingering hurdles, shipboard lasers are moving closer to operational reality.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
  • So, beyond new shipboard attractions such as rollercoasters and waterslides, cruise lines are working behind the scenes to conduct a wide range of tests and trialing innovations to make ships eco-friendlier both now, and in the years to come.
    — Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Equator has made a quick turnaround in port—enough time to refuel, resupply, sign out an exhausted crew and take on a fresh one—and now the early days at sea are a chance to catch up, tell stories, be reabsorbed into the shipboard tribe.
    — Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
  • Training includes physical fitness, seamanship, firearms, firefighting and shipboard damage control along with lessons in Navy heritage and core values, teamwork and discipline.
    — Alan Nunn, Houston Chronicle, 18 July 2019
  • The company revealed that the tests yielded the first live data set for the (V)4 configuration, which will help refine the system for future testing and eventual shipboard deployment.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Passengers receive custom parkas, one complimentary submarine dive, and up to $10,000 in shipboard credit.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In Juneau, Alaska, Holland America works with a local biofuel refiner to turn cooking oil into fuel, not only shipboard but for some of its tour buses.
    — Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Now, Frontex is refocusing its resources from shipboard patrols to aerial and remote sensing, according to its requests for orientation on the latest technology.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Now, a team of researchers has captured one of the most detailed wild sperm whale birth observations ever recorded, using drones, underwater microphones and shipboard photography off the coast of Dominica.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Once in Israeli custody, detainees describe being beaten, tasered, strip-searched and attacked by dogs while held in shipboard containers, often blindfolded, shackled and denied timely access to lawyers or consular officials.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • By synchronizing drone footage, audio recordings and shipboard observations, the researchers documented the complex social structure and communication behind the birth.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Using drones, underwater microphones and shipboard photography, the research team captured the delivery itself and the complex social response as adult females and juveniles worked together to help the newborn survive.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • This means that DragonFire demonstrated its ability to counterattack at longer ranges – exactly how far is classified – and link to other sensors, such as shipboard radar, airborne sensors, or other networked assets.
    — New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Tested for real-world conditions Before shipboard testing, the team verified performance using a full-scale simulation facility measuring 25 by 5 by 5 meters.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Beryl and Paul Goldberg of Palm Beach County are classic-style cruisers who appreciate the relaxed itineraries, varied shore excursions, shipboard activities and evening entertainment.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The consoles provide the Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) for the operators at various shipboard locations, according to the company.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
  • Michael Lempke, president of Mission Technologies’ Global Security group, said dependable shipboard equipment remains vital for sailors and Marines carrying out missions worldwide.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • With endurance exceeding ten hours, the V-BAT can provide persistent overhead coverage of surrounding waters, helping crews monitor shipping activity, identify potential threats, and maintain situational awareness across a much larger area than shipboard sensors alone would allow.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • Book by December 2, 2025, to elevate your voyage with two-category veranda suite upgrades, plus generous shipboard credits—up to $2,000 per suite for Penthouse and Premium suites and $1,000 per suite for Veranda Suites.
    — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2025

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