Idiom
Nantucket sleigh ride
Meaning
An instance of the dragging of a whaleboat across the surface of a body of water by a harpooned whale.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The harpooned whale pulled the boat into a wild Nantucket sleigh ride.”
“The crew held on tightly as the whale accelerated, turning their small boat into a dangerous Nantucket sleigh ride across the bay.”
“As the line pulled taut and the boat surged forward, the harpooner braced himself for the exhilarating yet perilous Nantucket sleigh ride that would define their hunt.”
Examples
simple
“The harpooned whale pulled the boat into a wild Nantucket sleigh ride.”
contextual
“The crew held on tightly as the whale accelerated, turning their small boat into a dangerous Nantucket sleigh ride across the bay.”
complex
“As the line pulled taut and the boat surged forward, the harpooner braced himself for the exhilarating yet perilous Nantucket sleigh ride that would define their hunt.”
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