packet boat in a sentence

Examples

1. The French-language term " paquebot " derives from the English term " packet boat, " but means a large ocean liner.
2. "' Bristol Packet Boat Trips "'is a limited company offering public and charter excursions in Bristol Harbour and on the River Avon.
3. In 1861, the canal transported 1000 soldiers of the 114th Regiment from Norwich to Utica, in a flotilla of 10 packet boats.
4. However, in 1822 a packet boat was bought as a joint venture by several tradesmen, and a weekly service to Hull began.
5. Another conversation-stopper in the exhibit is a 1, 200-pound marble tombstone with an intricate carving of a packet boat crossing an aqueduct.
6. In 1897, the steam packet boat " Anna Wilson " leaving the aqueduct, collided with a freight boat loaded with watermelons, and sank.
7. Pip, Herbert and Magwitch row out to the packet boat, but are intercepted by the waiting police, tipped off by Magwitch's great enemy.
8. Passenger boats docked along the city's main thoroughfare and " packet boats " and barges transported cargo through the center of the city.
9. On June 12 the torch was taken on board a replica of a 19th-century packet boat and pulled for along Erie Canal by mule.
10. The formal opening took place in January 1829, when the " Governor Brown " was the first packet boat to go through the settlement.