How to Use raft in a Sentence

raft

1 of 2 verb
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  • The crew sets up a shot of fire ants rafting in a tank.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The man was camping on the riverbank with a rafting group at the time.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And perhaps best way to see the span: to raft underneath it.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Their goal was to figure out if the rafting species could cause diseases in humans.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2023
  • Smith spent time spear fishing and rafting down the Amazon River with his dad and siblings.
    — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Sport fishermen were flying to Kamchatka to raft the wild rivers and catch giant trout and salmon.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022
  • John Weisheit, who helps lead the conservation group Living Rivers, has been rafting on the Colorado for over four decades.
    — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
  • Summer brings the biggest crowds, who come to raft the New and the nearby Gauley River during the warmest time of year, but the park is very much a year-round destination.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 July 2021
  • These three parties—the boys, Cal and Teddy, Miranda and Tiffany—must fight and muck and shout and swim and pray and, yes, raft their ways through the forest in search of redemption, forgiveness, and each other.
    — Ashley Leath, Country Living, 1 July 2021
  • Securing permits to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime, bucket-list-worthy endeavor.
    — Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Along the way, travelers have the option to disembark for excursions, such as hiking at the base of North America’s tallest peak or rafting at Spencer Glacier.
    — Jenna Kunze, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In the summer, proximity to a number of rafting tour outposts will please adrenaline seekers.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Sheila Concannon, who owns rafting company New Waves Adventures, said the road closure has led visitors to explore more activities just outside the park.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
  • Summer is the best season for partaking in the area’s outdoor recreation activities, particularly rafting and kayaking.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The crew sets up a shot of fire ants rafting in a tank.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The man was camping on the riverbank with a rafting group at the time.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And perhaps best way to see the span: to raft underneath it.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Their goal was to figure out if the rafting species could cause diseases in humans.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2023
  • Smith spent time spear fishing and rafting down the Amazon River with his dad and siblings.
    — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Sport fishermen were flying to Kamchatka to raft the wild rivers and catch giant trout and salmon.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022
  • John Weisheit, who helps lead the conservation group Living Rivers, has been rafting on the Colorado for over four decades.
    — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
  • Summer brings the biggest crowds, who come to raft the New and the nearby Gauley River during the warmest time of year, but the park is very much a year-round destination.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 July 2021
  • These three parties—the boys, Cal and Teddy, Miranda and Tiffany—must fight and muck and shout and swim and pray and, yes, raft their ways through the forest in search of redemption, forgiveness, and each other.
    — Ashley Leath, Country Living, 1 July 2021
  • Securing permits to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime, bucket-list-worthy endeavor.
    — Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Along the way, travelers have the option to disembark for excursions, such as hiking at the base of North America’s tallest peak or rafting at Spencer Glacier.
    — Jenna Kunze, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In the summer, proximity to a number of rafting tour outposts will please adrenaline seekers.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Sheila Concannon, who owns rafting company New Waves Adventures, said the road closure has led visitors to explore more activities just outside the park.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
  • Summer is the best season for partaking in the area’s outdoor recreation activities, particularly rafting and kayaking.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The crew sets up a shot of fire ants rafting in a tank.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The man was camping on the riverbank with a rafting group at the time.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
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raft

2 of 2 noun
  • There were no people in the raft, the coast guard said.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Would that a raft of other humans had said the same thing.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The rafts can carry up to six people, not counting the guide.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 7 July 2023
  • So don’t expect a raft of Polo 79s to hit stores this year.
    — Ming Liu, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • River flows have to be just right where they can be run in kayaks and rafts — not too high and not too low.
    — Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Among the last, Rockman paints a container ship and a Cuban refugee raft.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • As the Christmas songs are swept from the chart for another year, a raft of singles vault up the tally.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • All four aboard the Moon Dragon were found safe in the raft and were uninjured, using a radio to call for help.
    — Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Most managed to swim the half mile to shore, some pushing their children on makeshift bamboo rafts.
    — Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The tennis tour has in recent months issued a raft of bans and suspensions.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In the meantime, a raft of economic data is scheduled to land.
    — David Marino-Nachison, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Congress must fill them in by passing a raft of spending bills later this year.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 29 May 2023
  • Only Rose used the makeshift raft, with Jack dying of hypothermia.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Now, Donharl, who guides river raft trips in the summer, is the union president.
    — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Brody’s wife, Leighton Meester, and their friend Taran Killam join him as distrusting siblings on a raft ride to hell.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • On Earth, a porous volcanic rock known as pumice often forms into ocean rafts that float for weeks or months.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Our camera caught a family with three young children, one in a body cast, crossing the river with pool rafts and a rope.
    — Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 6 May 2023
  • And the range is wide: igloo, electric, raft, infrared, wood-burning, and traditional smoke saunas, to name a few.
    — Lisa Lucas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Ten rafters beat back the cougar with paddles and the group eventually retreated to safety in their raft.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And then his two siblings are kind of on a raft, navigating the extreme force of their mother’s and their brother’s fame.
    — The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
  • The wreck led to a raft of safety improvements, among them, it is believed, the dead man’s switch, a fail-safe now found in all kinds of modern machinery.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The zippered case splits in half, with each wing featuring a raft of unique packing solutions.
    — Ashlea Halpern, wsj.com, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Sheeran then allegedly swam beneath the victim and grabbed his feet as the other boy laughed from the raft, the police report said.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Blackburn added that from huge collections of pianos to outdoor rafts to even taxidermy, Pelett was not afraid to buy big.
    — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Quintero's family came to the United States on a raft from Cuba before she was born.
    — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The victim said Sheeran left him alone for about 15 minutes and then returned on a raft with the other boy, paddling toward him.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Metellus’s ships weren’t big enough to carry them, so the Romans tied rafts together, then led the animals across them to the mainland.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The White House has reserved most of its ire for top airlines, lambasting them for a raft of fees that Biden has described as costly and unfair.
    — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Gorley, 45, has written hits for a raft of country artists, as well as such non-country artists as Bon Jovi and Jason Derulo.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Butler has won a raft of international honors and been burned in effigy as a witch in Brazil.
    — Katha Pollitt, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024

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