as in ferry
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of gondola
In the early 1980s, a gondola went directly to the level of the ice.
—
Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
View gallery - 12 images This is not your grandad's cable car gondola.
—New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2025
Riders who were stuck in the gondolas were brought down individually by Winter Park Ski Patrol.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Six new chairlifts, including a 10-person gondola, close to 100 new ski runs and tons of parking will debut in the 2025-26 ski season.
—Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gondola
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
Noun
-
The half-hour ferry ride there from the Chinese territory’s main island was bustling with day trippers.—
-
Three years after the space shuttle's retirement in 2011, NASA awarded multibillion-dollar contracts to Boeing and SpaceX to build ferry ships to carry astronauts to and from the space station.—
Noun
-
The converted taxi cab shows up briefly in the background of one of the scenes.—
-
While Tesla and Zoox are planning but have yet to launch fully driverless taxi services, Waymo vehicles are already transporting paying customers in giant swaths of select cities with no one in the driver's seat.—
Noun
-
As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
-
This is the quartet’s 10th season aboard the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley.—
Noun
-
In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
-
According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways.—
Noun
-
The barges appear to be connected in a continuous span, with the lead ship's ramp extended past the beach.—
-
In the one-minute trailer, Kian dreams up the island in sketches that come to life on the small platform that features a colorful climbing wall on the floating barge in the middle of the ocean.—
Noun
-
The journey downriver began at around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, with tugboats guiding the ship under the Walt Whitman Bridge about 10 minutes before low tide, when the clearance would be greatest.—
-
Named after a nearby tugboat that accidentally sank more than 30 years ago, the beach has become one of the island’s most popular diving and snorkeling sites.—
Noun
-
This getaway includes water taxi tickets for viewing the beautiful cherry blossoms along the Potomac shoreline.—
-
Cherry blossom water taxi Another fun way to see the flowers (and get around) is by boat on the Potomac Water Taxi, which stops at the National Harbor, Alexandria, the Wharf, and Georgetown on an hour-long (one-way) ride along the Potomac (from $22).—
Noun
-
Season 3 tugs a similar string by dedicating Episode 7 to two instrumental moments from Ian and Poppy’s childhood.—
-
Downy’s version also acts as a fabric freshener and only requires a spritz on the fabric, plus a tug and smooth to release the wrinkles.—
Cite this Entry
“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share