How to Use houseboat in a Sentence

houseboat

noun
  • The Haida Bird, a 555-​square-foot houseboat, rides at the end of a dock on Lake Union.
    — The Week, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Guests will need to drive the houseboat to the marina and dock it.
    — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Think of the tour as a sneak peek into life on a houseboat.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Stay: Lodge at the Floating B&B, a pair of off-grid houseboats.
    — Ashlea Halpern, WIRED, 24 May 2017
  • The two were introduced at a party on a houseboat on the Thames in the mid-2000s.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 4 June 2021
  • There's the oysters, Pike Place Market, and so, so much water -- the beach, the lake, the houseboat.
    — CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • But for the right type of history buff, the houseboat may be well worth it.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Note: During the off-season (now), the houseboat is parked in the host’s driveway.
    — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Living for a couple of years on a houseboat off the smog-laden Newark, N.J., shore didn’t help.
    — Melissa Pandika, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
  • In the summer of 1995, the pair took a five-day houseboat trip to Lake Mead for their honeymoon.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In the summer of 1995, the pair took a five-day houseboat trip to Lake Mead for their honeymoon.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The houseboats can sleep up to six people and can be taken out on the water.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The court ruled 7-to-2 against the city, saying Lozman’s houseboat was more house than boat.
    — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018
  • By then, if nothing changes, she and her houseboat will be gone.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • The city's site notes that many creatives still live in the Sausalito, and tourists frequent the area to see the houseboats.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Regardless of the cost of a floating home, don't call it a houseboat.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Bourne said Reineck had been trying to sell the houseboat for some time.
    — By Frances Robles, John Lantigua and Martin Merzer, miamiherald, 2 July 2017
  • The dredges are homemade and clumsy, as big as houseboats.
    — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • So far, no one has made efforts to remove the 1946-built houseboat.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 June 2017
  • At this point nobody's seen Cunanan in -- on the houseboat?
    — CBS News, 20 May 2017
  • In that scene, Cripps gave the houseboat set a feel of gezelligheid, a Dutch word for coziness and warmth.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Here are nine of the best houseboat vacations around the country.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The first Russian guy in the houseboat ultimately fell to his death but Owen attacked him and was the reason that person died.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Travel back in time with a stay at The Gibson Inn, or experience this area’s way of life by renting a cottage or a houseboat.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025

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