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flotilla

[ UK /flətˈɪlɐ/ ]
[ US /fɫoʊˈtɪɫə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a fleet of small craft
  2. a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships

How To Use flotilla In A Sentence

  • The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.
  • Later in the novel, he will use the ‘Earth’ to fix the exact location of his enemies on a flotilla of rafts in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
  • Soon there were cries from out at A flotilla of wooden boats converged, men diving for land. Times, Sunday Times
  • These are the boats too large to sail with the rest of the flotilla. Times, Sunday Times
  • Swans were seen nesting and a dabchick had a flotilla of chicks behind her.
  • Therefore, the whole armada would be spear headed by a flotilla of 287 mine sweepers that would clear the way for the ships behind them.
  • The Greek initiative would have the humanitarian aid currently aboard flotilla ships loaded onto watercraft of the Greek government and transferred to Gaza through organized channels. Activists Reject Greek Offer to Send Flotilla Aid to Gaza
  • The flotilla usually comprises of 8/10 boats, one of which, referred to as the lead boat, carries a skipper, hostess and an engineer.
  • During this same period of Flotilla Face-Offs with the IDF, Pakistan, my nation of matrilineal and patrimonial heritage has witnessed the extraordinary massacre of 120 moderate, pacifist Muslims, followers of the Ahmadiyyah movement that subscribes to peaceful, pluralistic Islam. Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View
  • Therefore it seems that a showdown and perhaps bloodshed is unavoidable, to be recorded by the international press teams aboard the “Freedom Flotilla.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed
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