How to use "steamboat" in a sentence

It was very difficult to get her down to the beach, where after some time my brother caught the attention of some men from a steamboat

The steamboat was going, these men said, to the Belgian port of Ostend.

The little steamboat was already moving out to sea, when a Martian appeared, small and far away, moving along the muddy coast from the south

And then a quick movement of the steamboat (which had turned to avoid being hit) threw him off the seat on which he had been standing

Some water came over the side of the steamboat and blinded my brother for a moment

To the watchers on the steamboat, low in the water and with the sun in their eyes, it seemed that the warship was already among the Martians.

The guns of the Thunder Child were heard going off one after another, and one shot hit the water close by the steamboat.

All this time the steamboat was moving steadily out to sea and away from the fight, and when at last the steam cleared, the black cloud got in the way and they could see nothing of either the Thunder Child or the third Martian

Everyone moved to the side of the steamboat and looked to the west, but smoke rose and blocked the sun