How to Use motorboat in a Sentence

motorboat

noun
  • Theirs turned out to be a small motorboat that would take them across the bay.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Of the motorboat that cut across the tow lines of a Coast Guard lifeboat pulling a disabled ship to safety.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • And native species of fish tend not to mind the motorboat noise so they were not driven to the nets.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 12 Mar. 2018
  • At least four bullets pierced through the side of their small motorboat.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
  • At least four bullets pierced through the side of their small motorboat.
    — Samantha Schmidt and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • To this day, four fifths of their food come from the land and sea—now via snowmobile and motorboat.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • To this day, four fifths of their food come from the land and sea—now via snowmobile and motorboat.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • On a motorboat outside the villa, a niece of Osama bin Laden raised a flag that read trump won.
    — Harper’s Magazine, Harper’s Magazine , 17 June 2021
  • News reports noted that Brero drove a Porsche Cayenne and docked a motorboat on the lake.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Inspectors zoomed out in a motorboat to check on the STS-50.
    — Tristram Korten, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
  • A small motorboat takes him—and his handmade rowboat—to the kelp beds about an hour away.
    — Jay Carroll, Bon Appetit, 27 Feb. 2017
  • In the distance, a motorboat cuts a white line from the shore to deliver the first competitors to the site.
    — James Nestor, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2012
  • The story revolves around a youth, who lives on the edge of the Venice lagoon and dreams of Barchino (motorboat).
    — Liza Foreman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Chief among them is a beach bar with a pizza oven, a 33-foot motorboat, kayaks, and water toys.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And did my ears deceive me, or was that Ellen pretending to motorboat Susan's boobs at the end of the episode?
    — EW.com, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Launch kayaks, canoes, or small motorboats from the riverbank boat ramps on the south end of the reservation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • Hundreds of workers lived there, and the roar of motorboats was always present.
    — Jim Popkin, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2011
  • Partway through the trip, their motorboat breaks down, and they are forced to pole more than 200 miles upriver in a scow.
    — Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2020
  • When the HotTug isn't filled, it can be used as a motorboat to explore open waters.
    — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 15 Aug. 2016
  • When the HotTug isn't filled, it can be used as a motorboat to explore open waters.
    — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 15 Aug. 2016
  • Some even offer motorboat tows to jump-start your trip.
    — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The Philippine Sea searched for fleeing pirates, but the motorboat was long gone.
    — Bloomberg.com, 27 July 2017
  • Climb aboard a motorboat for a tour of the Pascagoula River, or hop aboard a charter boat for some fishing at one of the many marinas.
    — Mike and Wendy Pramik, USA TODAY, 7 June 2019
  • Police said the assailants dragged Eastman to a motorboat and sped away.
    — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Sometimes there was the low rumble of thunder or the hum of a motorboat, its tiny lights crossing far out from west to east.
    — Mary Grimm, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • Then the neighbor, Justin King, moved in close to the motorboat and Brady took his flying leap, landing on the vessel and stopping it.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
  • Innate put on his bathrobe and bowler hat, loaded a few bags into his motorboat, and shook the engine to life with a few pulls of the starter cord.
    — Joe Kloc, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Your feet sink a bit into the mushy floor, which trembles slightly when a motorboat speeds past.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
  • No one was injured but the motorboat’s side was damaged.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2019
  • In addition to whiskey, the first phase called for 50% tariffs on motorboats and motorcycles from the US.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025

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