How to Use aboard in a Sentence

aboard

1 of 2 adverb or adjective
Definition of aboardnext
  • In fact, two-thirds of the men had come aboard ravaged with scurvy.
    — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But the wave is coming, and your best hope is to get aboard and ride it to shore.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024
  • As to when the next coach will come aboard, Stone didn't mince words Monday.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Miguel Rojas got aboard on a ground ball in the infield.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • Worried about whether your medicine is okay to bring aboard?
    — Katie Way, SELF, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Amazingly, all of the wood stayed on the pallet, but the load was too heavy to hoist back aboard.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The Ducks combined for just three hits and a walk through the first eight innings but got the first three aboard to open the ninth.
    — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The tying run aboard, the winning run at the plate, and Kirk Gibson standing at the plate.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • With Pederson aboard again in the fourth, Wade sent a slow grounder to Jose Ramirez at third.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Secret Oath won the race in 2022, with jockey Luis Saez aboard.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2023
  • Even with bumpy seas and seven people aboard, our boat read 55 mph on the speedo.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • According to one source, most of the 32 sailors aboard were Spanish.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Keep reading for 13 of the best spring skirts for exploring at home and aboard.
    — Nancy Einhart, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Its name comes from the ship Penn traveled aboard on his journey across the Atlantic in 1682.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This dire news leaks to the common ranks aboard, causing a panic the Captain must quell.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Once the patrol team climbed aboard, Mr. Taylor flew to safety.
    — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • All in all, the Senators with Tarasenko aboard should be a serious threat to filch one of the eight playoff berths in the East.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Climb aboard at Front Street Depot for this hour-and-a-half long adventure.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • None of this prevented Titan from making a dive the next day, with Mr. Price aboard.
    — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 2 July 2023
  • All of the people aboard were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
    — Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
  • Those aboard gathered along the railing to gawk at the gruesome diversion.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • During a Glacier Bay passage, a park ranger hops aboard to narrate scenic sights.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Snacks aren’t provided, though the plane has a microwave for heating up food brought aboard.
    — Raymond Zhong Erin Schaff, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The futuristic silver design was the talk of the show last month in Monaco, where Robb Report was among the first to step aboard.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The others aboard were the co-pilot and five passengers, four of them adults and the other a 15-year-old boy, police said, adding that none were hurt.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The train that derailed earlier this month had 3 crewmembers aboard.
    — Susan E. Dudley, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The jets can fly to another base for repair, but not with passengers aboard.
    — Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Part of Carlile’s contribution, coming aboard as a kind of coach, was to disabuse her of the idea that her songs should be that malleable.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Once passengers are aboard, Brightline trains will travel at top speeds of 125 mph, or more than two miles a minute.
    — Amber Bonefont, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • During a stop in Lubbock, Texas, an officer came aboard and pulled Ren off the Greyhound.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
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aboard

2 of 2 preposition
  • The win aboard Prince of Monaco, the son of Speightstown, gave Prat three wins on the day.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • His mother raced to the fire station and jumped aboard a brush truck with the fire chief to confront the flames.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
  • And, oh, who’s that guy Brad Pitt just brushed past aboard a bullet train?
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • From there, Grimes also came aboard The Orville as the ship’s helmsman.
    — Scott Grimes, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
  • There is ugliness and abuse in these scenes aboard the dark ship.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The dead included 28 women and 13 children, most of whom were aboard the first lifeboats to leave the ship.
    — Erica Westly, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Flavien Prat will be aboard Program Training for a fourth straight race.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2023
  • One of the first people who came aboard was Atul Gawande, who also showed it to Mindy Kaling.
    — Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Welcome aboard at the Monaco Yacht Show, where the world’s superyachts are bought and sold.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Anyone could step aboard one of the Leisure Time charters lining Peachtree Street.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The siblings’ parents, Nick and Nina, were also aboard Ada’s boat with George.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • In the longest of the delays, passengers sat aboard a plane in Texas in August 2020 for six hours and three minutes.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The Shenzhou-15 crew aboard the station were pictured watching the launch of their replacement crew via live stream.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • So why a train for the immersive dining experience aboard Utopia of the Seas?
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The owners had clear ideas about the functional layout of the boat informed by the time spent aboard their previous yacht.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Trying to fly aboard a commercial airline with your pet can be a pain.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 May 2023
  • The series followed the Robinson family, space colonists aboard the Jupiter 2.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • It's also not known when SpaceX might be ready to launch paying customers aboard the new rocket.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Passengers and employees aboard the flight were unharmed, and there was no damage to the plane, the report said.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The two passengers aboard needn’t worry about safety, though.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Hop aboard one of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad trains, which depart from (and return to) the historic depot downtown.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The pair aboard the aircraft parachuted to the ground and were then transported to a hospital for surveillance.
    — Madeline Beck, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Onassis lived aboard for many summers, cruising the Mediterranean.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
  • In the sixth, Washington put two runners aboard on a hit batter and walk, then loaded the bases when the ball went to the backstop on a strikeout that would have ended the game.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Suleman, who could solve a Rubik’s Cube in 12 seconds, brought one aboard the submersible with the hope of setting a new world record, his mother said.
    — Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 26 June 2023
  • Each night in a hotel room, vacation rental, or aboard a cruise counts as one element.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2023
  • Service members aboard the Navy helicopters returned fire and sank three of the four small boats, killing the crews, U.S. officials said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Five coast guard officials were killed, but all 367 passengers and the dozen crew members aboard the jet escaped.
    — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Each pilot serves aboard ships then trains for many additional years before taking the job.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Twenty-two people were aboard the ship and are all accounted for, said Synergy Marine Group, the company that manages the ship.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024

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