How to Use speedboat in a Sentence

speedboat

noun
  • Scale-ups are speedboats, not cruise ships.
    — Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The snarling sound of a speedboat broke the spell.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Change moves at the speed of an ocean liner and not a speedboat.
    — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Who were the people on the speedboat?
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This new video seems to show a much smaller ship, about the size of a speedboat.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Apr. 2019
  • His home studio overlooks half a dozen speedboats idled at a dock.
    — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The boat was a small speedboat and there were only 10 of us on the boat.
    — Kayla Brock, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The ministry said troops returned fire, killing one of those aboard the speedboat.
    — Andrea RodrÍguez, ajc, 28 June 2022
  • Johnson got in a speedboat, and then on a plane, and then in a car to get to the meeting.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Anyone with a speedboat, a gun and the wrong intentions can do that.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The speedboat is believed to have hit rough waters, which led it to capsize.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 24 July 2022
  • This speedboat design is cheeky and looks great with every wash of jeans in your closet.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 23 Jan. 2018
  • When the speedboat neared the pearly shore, a crooked line of hotel staff dressed in white and navy began to wave.
    — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The lake is small and quiet, big enough for one speedboat/Jet Ski at a time.
    — Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • Some of the pirates were already waiting there in speedboats.
    — Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
  • In the video, two people are on a speedboat jetting through the pond as a shark slowly swims near them.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 28 May 2025
  • Either way creates a drag, like the hull of a speedboat plowing through the water.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
  • Use your free time to relax at the beach, peruse the market, or explore by speedboat.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Helms said a helicopter flew right above the cast's heads during the speedboat scene in the sequel.
    — Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 5 July 2025
  • At the start of the clip, Brady could be seen smiling while driving a speedboat shirtless.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • Or book a direct transfer from Split via the hotel’s speedboat.
    — Anja Mutić, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • Musk oxen can be shot from snowmobiles, narwhals and minke whales from speedboats.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The whale doesn't survive, but everyone in the speedboat mostly walks away.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 14 Sep. 2020
  • False The boat involved in the incident was a speedboat.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The family boarded a speedboat that deposited them back to the land that did not want them.
    — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Four others on the speedboat died, Cuban officials said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Five people died when a speedboat collided with a Cuban coast guard vessel.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The speedboat carries on for a few minutes to Al Haria, today’s dive site.
    — Lauren Keith, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
  • The footage shows the Coast Guard vessel and an unmarked speedboat circling the dinghy.
    — Sarah Almukhtar, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • No hull means no wave impacts, and that's where most of a regular speedboat's noise and vibration come from.
    — Omar Kardoudi april 09, New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026

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