cruise ship

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noun

a passenger ship built or used for pleasure cruises, usually taking passengers on an extended cruise with occasional calls in various places of interest.

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Origin of cruise ship

First recorded in 1715–25

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cruise ship

barge, boat, canoe, cruise ship , sailboat, ship, yacht

Words nearby cruise ship

cruise, cruise control, cruise missile, cruiser, cruiserweight, cruise ship, cruiseway, cruising radius, cruizie, cruller, crumb

How to use cruise ship in a sentence

“That one case went through our community here, almost like a cruise ship,” Garry says.
Can Louisiana’s COVID surge trace back to one Mardi Gras reveler?|Philip Kiefer|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science
Canada has banned cruise ships for another year, dealing the industry another blow after the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered most sailings for the past year.
The cruise industry has received yet another blow, this time from Canada|Karen Ho|February 8, 2021|Quartz
Consider the image of the Diamond Princess cruise ship berthed in Yokohama, Japan.
A COVID-19 time capsule captures pandemic moments for future researchers|Sujata Gupta|December 2, 2020|Science News
I remember seeing the news about a virus in China and on cruise ships thinking, “Wow, that’s terrible,” and never once thinking it could come to Michigan.
I’m a Michigander who’s always voted Republican. But the President has failed us|jakemeth|November 1, 2020|Fortune

As the virus hopscotched across the globe, cruise ships became early symbols of the pandemic.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These skills are particularly needed when, as in the case of the AirAsia flight, the airplane is at cruise altitude.
Did Bad Weather Bring Down AirAsia 8501?|Clive Irving|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 22-28, 2014|William Boot|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton