| In Japan, Hawaii, and Taiwan, a powered boat has been developed out of the traditional Japanese sampan, with a flat-bottomed midsection. |
| Before the sampan passed out of the lagoon into the creek he lifted his eyes. |
| On day 12, they will go to My Tho in the Mekong Delta to visit a military snake farm before boarding the private sampan for a river cruise. |
| Behind me I hear applause which gets fainter as our sampan moves noiselessly and seemingly effortlessly away from the landing-stage. |
| In the land where water reigns master, we'll go for a ride in a traditional sampan fishing boat. |
| Morris shouted that the sampan was in the channel, and the Blanchita moved into it. |
