Example Sentences

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It looked like a ship’s wheel, a kitschy bit of decor you might see at a nautically themed bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

This nautically themed staple of Old Seattle is a Greenwood favorite.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Connie Strycker, who owns a waterfront home in the posh city of Belvedere, says anchor outs are often nautically inexperienced.

From Fox News • Nov. 27, 2019

Gosman’s Dock, a sprawling, nautically themed restaurant and shopping center on Montauk Harbor comprising about 14 acres, is up for sale for $52.5 million.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2016

Now they were stuck in her head, like a catchy tune from a nautically themed operetta that one cannot help singing in the shower, despite having a strong dislike for the show itself.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood