He imported wine by the boatload. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Disney announces 'boatload' of new projects: Johnny Depp to star in 3 features!!. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog] Reference
A 'boatload' of the others have been retracted or proven false almost as soon as they have arisen. From Wordnik.com. [THE IRATE NATION] Reference
In a boatload of driving ambition, Clinton stood out. From Wordnik.com. [Sixties: Coming Of Age] Reference
Not even a boatload of record executives can change that. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing But Music] Reference
On top of that, you don't know how big a boatload it'll be. From Wordnik.com. [Some say bypassing a higher education is smarter than paying for a degree] Reference
This is a lot of money, and your banks are making a boatload. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009] Reference
The last boatload like this we saw 10 months ago in December. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2002] Reference
A big boatload of fish just came in, and he's seeing to having. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony] Reference
Same for seniors, veterans and a boatload of special interests. From Wordnik.com. [National Disservice] Reference
It is going to cost a boatload of money, now Iraq still goes on. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2009] Reference
Beyond that, I can do without a boatload of extra features that add cost. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Picks – Best GPS navigators for the holidays] Reference
Then a German destroyer ran alongside and took aboard the whole boatload. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
If there had been a boatload of us, or had our skipper been alive, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Last month a boatload of Irish pilgrims were arrested in Haifa and deported. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium Madness] Reference
I'm Martha Stewart, and I'm on a boatload of antianxiety medication right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2004] Reference
A boatload of sandy, gray muck set out from Alaska a week ago, bound for China. From Wordnik.com. [China's Ore Demand Flies Under the Radar] Reference
There were a boatload of no-tell motels on the road coming into Eureka. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Sweet Song] Reference
And it gives -- and for obvious reasons, because he can raise a boatload of money. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2008] Reference
Guibert was shipmaster for a boatload of us mercenaries in the last war between Pisa and Genoa. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
I can easily answer that old, tired question, but I'd definitely want to use a boatload of words. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Kluger: Tweeting American] Reference
The Coast Guard carrying at least 100 people from one community, boatload after boatload to safety. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005] Reference
A boatload of new cash to hand out means that workload grows, even if the staff to handle it hasn't. From Wordnik.com. [What A Nice Problem] Reference
"I've an idea there's a boatload of them ahead of us somewhere, but it's dark as Erebus on the river.". From Wordnik.com. [The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York] Reference
"What I want to know is, how long ought it to take to load up this whole boatload we're trying to move?". From Wordnik.com. [Deep Furrows] Reference
Granted, 5 percent isn't a lot -- but it does add up after buying a boatload of pens, notebooks and sneakers. From Wordnik.com. [Lori's A.M. Buzz: 'Real' drama] Reference
This go-round, the Treasury secretary is going to inherit a boatload of issues and problems, to say the least. From Wordnik.com. [Cabinet Makers] Reference
A hundred or more would sometimes be found being smuggled past, down the Nile, hidden under a boatload of wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of General Gordon] Reference
The first streak of daylight fell upon a boatload of haggard men and women, afraid of, yet longing for, the day. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
A boatload of wheat from St. Paul, taking the river route, is not once handled until it is put aboard ship at the. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
The dollars may not pile up like they do when General Electric sells a boatload of turbines, but every deal counts. From Wordnik.com. [Commerce official: Immigrants as export power?] Reference
The story made clear another thing: That there must have been another boatload of their wrecked ship on the island. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
Plus, we'll be pitting the S-Class against another top-notch model that cost us a boatload of money, the Lexus LS460. From Wordnik.com. [Just In: Mercedes-Benz S550] Reference
At the same time the company is giving him stock options as reward and incentive, Dell, 34, is selling stock by the boatload. From Wordnik.com. [Clean-Up Time] Reference
Nuhung had only to dive down and collect a boatload of the larger, marketable fish and leave the rest for the gulls and sharks. From Wordnik.com. [Saving The Coral Reefs] Reference
In recent years, researchers have amassed a boatload of evidence linking C. pneumoniae to arterial disease (NEWSWEEK, April 28). From Wordnik.com. [The Heart Attackers] Reference
A ton of flowers is something rather spacious; and in the height of the season as many as thirty tons are taken in one boatload. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
This fellow was captured by the Filipinos in the outskirts of Manila while he was searching for a small boatload of stolen beer. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War] Reference
He knew that we'd have to raise a boatload more money than people were willing to give to a 23-year-old kid without a college education. From Wordnik.com. [Going Faster] Reference
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