Examples of “ferry” in a Sentence

noun A boat or ship that carries passengers and vehicles across a stretch of water on a regular route.

• Cars queued at the harbor to drive onto the ferry before sunset.
• We took the ferry across the channel instead of flying.
• The ferry runs every hour during the summer season.

verb To transport people or things, especially back and forth or across water.

• Volunteers ferried the stranded walkers back to the village in two minibuses.
• A small boat ferried supplies out to the island.
• She spent the afternoon ferrying kids to and from football practice.