: a boat usually propelled by sail
Examples of sailboat in a Sentence
we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again
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To the west, a fire that began Friday when a man who crashed a sailboat onto the rocks at Santa Rosa Island lit a flare to attract help had burned 16,600 acres by Tuesday afternoon.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Skim the shoreline of Waikiki, Hawaii, over surfers and sailboats with Diamond Head in the distance.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Sometime between May 8 and 10, Brian and Lynette Hooker's sailboat, Soulmate, was seized, a source familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Many visitors have never even been on a sailboat before.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Skim the shoreline of Waikiki, Hawaii, over surfers and sailboats with Diamond Head in the distance.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Sometime between May 8 and 10, Brian and Lynette Hooker's sailboat, Soulmate, was seized, a source familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Many visitors have never even been on a sailboat before.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for sailboat
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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