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    Use "harbour" in a sentence

    harbour example sentences

    harbour


    1. And what did he mean by the phrase: “not yet”? Did he really harbour dreams of returning? And what did that mean for me?


    2. The sea is placid within the harbour,


    3. that litter the harbour walls


    4. dipping into bays and harbour walls


    5. in wave furrow wake lines across the harbour


    6. The kaht station is about a mile out of the town, set on a hillside, as a result, the journey down to the harbour is extremely nerve-wracking and uncomfortable as the wagon is not very well sprung and the gg’s hooves slip on the cobbles


    7. An hour and a half later, slightly drowsy with good food and more wine than is sensible for me at lunchtime, I follow the two guys down the side street towards the harbour


    8. Drens’ boat is a smart-looking vessel tied up at the end of the quay, a gangplank bouncing lightly on the stones of the quay as the water in the harbour takes the boat up and down


    9. Before long, we are through the narrow mouth of the harbour and heading out into the open sea


    10. ‘The coastline is rocky, but there is a natural harbour just here

    11. On the road down to the harbour with its lights and the village life, the faint strains of bouzouki floated through the air from a shop nearby


    12. We came to a stop under some trees in front of the harbour


    13. This bay is least exposed to wind and high waves, and is the closest natural harbour to both Sophia and Faria


    14. At home in Cornwall, whenever things were quiet in the library, I'd pretend to busy myself in the Reference Section because from there I could see the waters of the harbour and if I raised my head a little I could just about see past the lighthouse to the distant horizon with its line of silver light


    15. We stood on the afterdeck watching the harbour recede


    16. I don't remember climbing down into the courtesy boat in the harbour but before her goons pushed away, Daphne reappeared at the gangplank with one more thing to say, 'Before you go running round in circles with your Greek girlfriend and your pathetic little gang in your precious Sophia, let me ask you a question


    17. On the northeast Arabian peninsula (next door to Saudi Arabia), this is one of the smal est countries on earth, mostly composed of desert, although there is a natural deep harbour


    18. finally saw the harbour cranes of Arles appear on the


    19. Embarrassed, his mind searched within his host body but that didn't harbour memories of laughter either


    20. We entered the harbour of Moudros and there we were transferred to the liner Mauritania which had been turned into a hospital ship the public rooms had been turned into wards Officers had the cabins and the dinning rooms had been turned into operating theatres

    21. We made the crossing to Egypt in three days and we were once again waiting to enter Alexandria harbour as we had done what now seemed a lifetime ago once in we would be ferried ashore and then to hospital


    22. But it didn’t matter this was our leave ship and we stood against the rail and gave a cheer as it slipped its moorings and we nudged out of the harbour and out to sea heading for Blighty


    23. Our first sight of England was the dim lights on the wet harbour wall at Folkestone in the early dawn light as we docked and tied up there was another ship berthed a hospital one and I could see that another ship could have tied up on the harbour wall


    24. Then the waiting was over and the gangplank was lowered and we started to disembark there were trains waiting down here as the tracks extended all the way to the end of the harbour wall


    25. These however were for the wounded that even now were being unloaded from their ship and loaded on from the harbour station


    26. Fourteen ships of similar stance were tied alongside the breakwater and wharves in Aramell harbour


    27. It drifted around until it faced the harbour mouth and the soldiers at the oars started to row


    28. The breeze was too slight in the lee of the harbour


    29. Most of the vessels that had been left in the harbour had sunk at their moorings


    30. “There are at least ten large ships heading for the harbour mouth

    31. ” Flesh’ailer pointed at the first large shape rounding the harbour mouth


    32. They remembered the blackened wreck in Havana Harbour, and the sailor comrades sleeping in that foetid slough; they thought also of the women and children crying aloud for deliverance from starvation and despair, and of the ragged patriots fighting for liberty as their own fathers had fought


    33. Victory was snatched at heavy cost, but a victory that can be attributed alone to Providence; for had the morale of the enemy been less impaired by starvation and disease, or had the fleet remained in Santiago Harbour, the amazing valour of the American soldiers must have gone for naught, and a reverse been entailed


    34. Ostensibly the army was to go to Santiago to attack and destroy the batteries thus enabling the navy to enter the harbour, remove the mines, and co-operate with the army on land in destroying the fleet and capturing the city


    35. The shore batteries at the harbour mouth would have been isolated and captured, and a combined advance made on Santiago by sea and land, the army covered by the guns of the navy


    36. Satisfied that everything was as it should be, Alex donned the marine VHF radio headset and contacted the Harbour Master, advising her where he was going and how long he expected to be


    37. Was that the harbour wall?


    38. Having acted independently of Admiral Sampson, by not advancing against Morro Castle and the shore batteries, the commander-in-chief now turned helplessly to the navy, demanding that they should force an entrance to the harbour and attack from the Bay


    39. I regard it as necessary that the navy force an entrance into the harbour of Santiago not later than the 6th inst


    40. Your telegram concerning the navy entering Santiago Harbour received, and your action thoroughly approved

    41. The Secretary of War suggests that if the navy will not undertake to break through, take a transport, cover the pilot-house in most exposed points with baled hay, attach an anchor to a towline, and if possible grapple the torpedo cables, and call for volunteers from the army to run into the harbour, thus making a way for the navy


    42. One thing is certain: that is, the navy must go into the harbour, and must save the lives of our brave men that will be sacrificed if we assault the enemy in his entrenchments without aid


    43. The certain sinking of the burning steamer in the tortuous channel of the harbour would have effectually barred out the navy, completing the work already attempted by the enemy


    44. During the afternoon Captain Chadwick of the “New York” and Lieutenant Wood of the “Gloucester” visited headquarters and pointed out the impracticality of the navy forcing the harbour


    45. Before they were settled in their homes the “State of Texas” had entered the harbour, and tons of supplies were soon being distributed by Miss Barton and her staff


    46. “Christchurch harbour,” he said watching the lights on the Isle of Wight fade away in the gloom


    47. Numbers of these lacked connections with the main sewers, which emptied through open culverts into the harbour and sea


    48. This cleansing has reduced the death-rate to regular proportions, yellow fever during the past summer has been unprecedentedly scarce, and when the projected canal is cut, to flush out the vast cesspool, Havana harbour, the city, quaint and beautiful despite the dirt, will become a Mecca for winter tourists


    49. it was an oil embargo (sanctions) which led to Japan attacking Pearl Harbour


    50. Now they had come into a harbour that they named New Plymouth,














































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    Synonyms for "harbour"

    harbor harbour haven seaport entertain hold nurse shield

    "harbour" definitions

    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo


    a place of refuge and comfort and security


    secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)


    keep in one's possession; of animals


    hold back a thought or feeling about


    maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)