Example Sentences

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He had worked four-day weeks for twenty years, spending long weekends with his family, sailing or iceboating on Bellport Bay and rebuilding cars.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

"If this weather keeps on, skating and iceboating will soon be over, Jack."

From The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery by Stratemeyer, Edward

So traffic on Lake Luna ceased, and, of course, iceboating was likewise impossible.

From The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize by Morrison, Gertrude W.

There 123 were too many skaters and sleighs on the ice down here to make iceboating either safe or pleasurable.

From The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize by Morrison, Gertrude W.

But a day’s hard rain, with a sharp frost after it, had given the iceboating another lease of life, too.

From The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize by Morrison, Gertrude W.