How to Use vessel in a Sentence

vessel

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  • The figure boards the vessel, which then lifts off and flies away.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • On that trip, though, a crew of eight guided the vessel.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The filmmakers were able to identify the vessel as the Africa due to the size of the ship and the coal found around the wreck.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Sailors sometimes called it the Isle of Lost Ships, for all the vessels wrecked there by storms and rocks.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Each route adds 10 days to three weeks to the trip, depending on how fast the vessel sails.
    — Ruth Liao, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And that's the only thing we were informed about the vessel in that regard.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The minesweepers are made of steel while the Satellite was a wooden hulled vessel.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 13 July 2023
  • Half a minute later, the server rushes the vessel to the table and lifts off the dome, swirling the vapors.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • When the boats fired on the helicopters, the crew returned fire, sinking three of the four vessels and killing those aboard.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
  • All 13 people aboard the vessel were thrown into the water.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Both Navy vessels that are sponsored by the first lady.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Given the powerful 80-mile-an-hour winds, the force of the wind would have overwhelmed their vessel.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Sediment stuck to the nodules is sucked up along with them to the surface vessel.
    — Olive Heffernan, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Coast Guard moved the vessel further offshore to not endanger the port of Newport.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The 85-foot (26-meter) vessel was dwarfed by the substation, which is almost the size of a football field.
    — Will Wade, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Not only will the cup of joe keep you caffeinated, but the vessel will fill you with delight, too.
    — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
  • As a result, the vibe on each vessel is quite different.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The smaller vessels then moved the cocaine to Mexican shores.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Lopez shouts in the dramatic footage that shows her vessel going down.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Smoke poured out of one container aboard the vessel, which also showed scorch marks from the impact of a Houthi missile.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Just make sure your aquatic buddy is swimming in a clear spill-proof vessel.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, the striking vessel adds a decorative flair that will spruce up her space.
    — Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In April, 2022, Ukraine sank the Moskva cruiser, the fleet’s flagship vessel, with a missile attack.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • And in the Bible, Noah sealed his arc with bitumen to make the vessel more hydrodynamic.
    — Adrienne Bernhard, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The vessel that intercepted the 485 migrants, the Tareq Bin Zeyad, is named after a militia led by Hifter’s son.
    — Renata Brito, ajc, 29 May 2023
  • Archaeologists found the residue of chocolate on the inside of the vessel, which includes a unique screw-top cap.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
  • And the ship is just the first in the class; Silver Nova's sibling vessel, Silver Ray, is scheduled to debut in summer 2024.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Now, locals are hoping the 100-foot-long vessel can be saved before currents pull it back into the ocean’s depths.
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Friends in nearby vessels jumped into the churning water to try to escape.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • One person is dead and three people have been injured when a mast broke on a schooner in Rockland Harbor, Maine, and fell onto the deck of the vessel.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023

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