Example sentences for: regatta

How can you use “regatta” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The first woman to captain a boat in the Family Regatta, Gloria Patience was given her nickname because of the many sharks she has caught.

  • Thousands of Bahamian working boats fill Elizabeth Harbour, their crews vying for the right to call themselves champion of the regatta.

  • On the first Wednesday in August, St. John’s Regatta, a race for six-oar rowing boats, is held on Quidi Vidi Lake.

  • Racing started as an informal pastime, but in 1840 Samuel Triscott (a local victualer) organized the first regatta.

  • After the regatta one would presumably adjourn to a bostel “a hotel built on the water's edge, intended for amateurs of navigation,” otherwise ship lovers . Fans of sport in general might then bet on a favored hurole-racer or watch a bout at walter --“in boxing, medium weight about 65 kg.”


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