SKIFF in a Sentence

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27 example sentences for SKIFF, such as:

1. Huck, I'll take you right to it in a skiff.
2. We went out with the skiff and towed it ashore.
3. Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
4. The old man made me go to the skiff and fetch the things he had got.
5. I'll float the skiff down there, and I'll pull it back again all by myself.

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 Meanings and Examples of SKIFF
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
skiff
 n.  small, light sailboat; small boat propelled by oars
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  He crept down the bank, watching with all his eyes, slipped into the water, swam three or four strokes and climbed into the skiff that did "yawl" duty at the boat's stern.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  A minute or two later the skiff's head was standing high up, against the boat's swell, and the voyage was begun.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  He untied the skiff at the stern, slipped into it, and was soon rowing cautiously upstream.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  Huck, I'll take you right to it in a skiff.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  I'll float the skiff down there, and I'll pull it back again all by myself.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
7  A trifle after noon the boys borrowed a small skiff from a citizen who was absent, and got under way at once.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
8  They presently emerged into the clump of sumach bushes, looked warily out, found the coast clear, and were soon lunching and smoking in the skiff.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
9  So we unhitched a skiff and pulled down the river two mile and a half, to the big scar on the hillside, and went ashore.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II.
10  The old man made me go to the skiff and fetch the things he had got.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI.
11  I toted up a load, and went back and set down on the bow of the skiff to rest.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI.
12  We went out with the skiff and towed it ashore.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII.
13  So he locked me in and took the skiff, and started off towing the raft about half-past three.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII.
14  The skiff was half full of plunder which that gang had stole there on the wreck.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
15  Right then along comes a skiff with two men in it with guns, and they stopped and I stopped.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI.
Example Sentence:
1  Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a skiff he could sail in the bay.
2  I just expected there'd be somebody laying down in it, because people often done that to fool folks, and when a chap had pulled a skiff out most to it they'd raise up and laugh at him.
3  He was moved to capture the skiff, arguing that it might be considered a ship and therefore legitimate prey for a pirate, but he knew a thorough search would be made for it and that might end in revelations.
4  Fearing the wind might shift suddenly and capsize the skiff, Tom kept one hand on the tiller at all times.