YACHT in a Sentence

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For YACHT, below is one of 43 sentences:
The yacht moved rapidly on, though there did not appear to be sufficient wind to ruffle the curls on the head of a young girl.

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 Meanings and Examples of YACHT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
yacht
 n.  light ship used for private pleasure trips
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  The following day Dantes sailed with his yacht from Genoa, under the inspection of an immense crowd drawn together by curiosity to see the rich Spanish nobleman who preferred managing his own yacht.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
2  His signal was returned, and in two hours afterwards the new-comer lay at anchor beside the yacht.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
3  Two of the men from Jacopo's boat came on board the yacht to assist in navigating it, and he gave orders that she should be steered direct to Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
4  He was accompanied by two of the yacht's crew.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
5  Franz adjusted his telescope, and directed it towards the yacht.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
6  The young man took his carbine and fired it in the air, but without any idea that the noise could be heard at the distance which separated the yacht from the shore.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
7  When Franz appeared again on the shore, the yacht only seemed like a small white speck on the horizon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
8  At the moment the boat began her course they lost sight of the yacht, as it disappeared in the gulf of Porto-Vecchio.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
9  A light yacht, chaste and elegant in its form, was gliding amidst the first dews of night over the immense lake, extending from Gibraltar to the Dardanelles, and from Tunis to Venice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
10  The yacht moved rapidly on, though there did not appear to be sufficient wind to ruffle the curls on the head of a young girl.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
11  A few minutes afterwards a flash of light, which was extinguished instantly, was seen on the land, and the sound of firearms reached the yacht.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
12  Already the sound of their oars might be heard as they returned to the yacht.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
13  "Ah, it is Jacopo," she said, "the captain of the yacht;" and she beckoned him towards them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
14  At any rate, I know she's safe on the yacht, though I haven't yet seen her; but you see it was not my fault, Lily summed up.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
15  She had meant to drive down to the quay and regain the yacht; but she now had the immediate impression that something more was to happen first.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  A huge wave capsized the yacht.
2  It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht's name.
3  Owning the yacht has given them status.
4  Point taken, but nowhere did we suggest that this yacht's features were unique.
5  He spent three days adrift on his yacht.
6  There was a yacht with long, fluent curves in water.
7  Huge waves drove the yacht onto the rocks.
8  Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a skiff he could sail in the bay.
9  When rumours emerged that Aristotle Onassis was romantically involved with Jackie Kennedy, a young Greek journalist sneaked on to the shipping magnate's yacht to see if it was true.
10  The island is a staging-post for many visiting yachts on their way south.