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Example sentences for "companionway"

Lexicographically close words:
companioned; companionless; companions; companionship; companionships; company; companye; companying; compar; comparable
  1. The passengers crowded on the companionway kept calling for the captain.

  2. He seated himself on the same bench as yesterday, opposite the companionway leading down to the dining-room.

  3. On ascending the companionway after lunch, Frederick saw Arthur Stoss in the unfrequented smoking-room eating his meal in perfect equanimity and cheerfulness undisturbed by the weather.

  4. XXIII As they arose from table and were ascending the companionway to the deck, Hahlström suddenly said to Frederick: "My daughter is expecting you.

  5. Frederick wanted to go on deck, but it looked bad there, and he remained on the upper step under the protection of the companionway penthouse.

  6. At the bottom of the companionway Frederick felt Hahlström tackle him, just as he was about to mount to deck.

  7. Between the door leading to the main companionway and the companionway itself was a square level space, about which a railing ran and in which a few people could stay and enjoy the fresh air without being drenched.

  8. But now he saw him, literally sliding from the companionway entrance to the railing.

  9. All of a sudden Frederick jumped to his feet; he thought he saw a ghost, or a dead-alive corpse, reeling up the companionway and making for him.

  10. For several seconds there was silence, then Dick walked down the last step of the companionway and threw the door below open with a bang.

  11. I'll be back soon," and then he left and made his way up the companionway to the deck of the steam yacht.

  12. They had almost passed to the last step of the companionway when Sam called a sudden halt.

  13. They raised their brother up and, not without difficulty, took him to the companionway and down to the cabin.

  14. Yet even as he made this assertion he found himself moving toward the companionway and down to the deck below.

  15. He circled the deck several times in indecision, then he ascended the companionway and made his way aft.

  16. His fear that she would follow up the conversation begun in the companionway was apparently groundless, for she seemed ridiculously engrossed in other things.

  17. The big Jap soon ushered them into a much narrower companionway off to the right, and then up a ladder.

  18. However, they had progressed but a few steps toward the companionway leading down below decks when they heard their names called.

  19. They stepped out into a fairly wide companionway, and as the Jap motioned for them to move off to the right, they saw that the far end of the companionway opened up into what was obviously one of the hangar decks of the carrier.

  20. Pale light instantly poured into the room, and for a moment Dave and Freddy could see only blurred silhouettes in the companionway outside.

  21. Not since the winter's day on George's Bank a quartering sea chased me down the cabin companionway of the Charles W.

  22. Bertie went up more circumspectly, hesitating before he put his head above the companionway slide.

  23. Captain Hansen had sprung up the companionway on the instant, and Bertie's eyes had been fascinated by a glimpse of him drawing his revolver as he sprang.

  24. Dixon, stepping up the after companionway after dinner, a cigarette between his lips, encountered the young sailing master.

  25. Joe Dawson, happening to glance aft, saw a girlish figure come up out of the companionway and sink down into a deck chair beside young Mrs. Tremaine.

  26. After a while the “Buzzard’s” helmsman was seen to yank Oliver Dixon to his feet and thrust him down, the companionway into the cabin.

  27. Oliver Dixon had suddenly sprung up the after companionway of the “Buzzard.

  28. The companionway door was being opened below.

  29. She walked up the companionway and stood on the deck, the first time in nearly a month.

  30. When he stepped up the companionway to the deck, he was met by the captain.

  31. Who are these pale specters in plug-hats and silken flounces that file up the companionway in melancholy procession and step upon the deck?

  32. These still had their infallible in cargo when they started, but arrived at the companionway without it.

  33. He sprang to his feet and raced down a companionway to the taxi level.

  34. Replacing the kit, he adjusted his clothing and strolled down the same companionway Sollenar had run.

  35. We were bounding up the companionway in an instant, and looking to the northward as soon as our feet struck the deck.

  36. A second week passed, and one morning found George Dorety standing in the coach-house companionway at the for'ard end of the long poop, taking his first gaze around the deck.

  37. Half an hour later he was as surprised as any when the body of George Dorety was found inside the companionway on the floor.

  38. Mike the Angel ran into Captain Sir Henry Quill as he went up the companionway to the bridge.

  39. Mike told her what had happened in the darkened companionway just outside his room.

  40. Leda Crannon saw him heading down a companionway and called after him.

  41. He took the companionway up to the Control Bridge, went in, and handed the landing sheet to Black Bart.

  42. Mike trudged toward the companionway that led toward the wardroom.

  43. As the little captain went forward, he heard a noise in the forecastle, and saw that the companionway was closed and fastened.

  44. Jack, you stand at the head of the companionway and shoot the first German who appears there.

  45. He was right; for a few moments later the battering at the door of the companionway ceased and the engines ceased work.

  46. When both were safe on deck, Harris quickly closed the door of the companionway and battened it down.

  47. Again there was a crash and the door of the companionway burst open.

  48. All this time the thundering on the door of the companionway had continued.

  49. I was flung down the companionway when the yacht turned on her beam ends.

  50. In the immediate foreground a small hatchway framed the weather-tanned faces of two men lodged in the companionway so as to avoid overcrowding the cabin.

  51. The forward companionway is almost out of water," observed Joe, looking thoughtfully at it.

  52. As he went down a companionway he saw Mr. Blake coming up, with his wife clinging to him.

  53. Mr. Carleton sprang to his feet, gave one quick glance about, then rushed to the companionway and smashed the lock with two smart blows.

  54. He paused again, then seated himself quickly at the stern of the skiff, as a boyish figure emerged from the companionway of the Viking and came out on deck.

  55. Supper disposed of, the company were grouped together near the companionway smoking the pipes of peace and anxious to discuss the next managerial move.

  56. Seated in the companionway was Handy, the high priest of the little organization.

  57. While I sat at the head of the companionway meditating over the situation and drawing consolation from a bit of briarwood, the property man hailed me from the shore.

  58. A sudden gust struck the Gem, and, yielding to it, the group that was sitting so contentedly a few seconds before about the companionway went rolling in a heap down to leeward in the cockpit.

  59. Nearing the companionway he met the captain and Alfred, the latter looking somewhat pale, and rather weak or unsteady in his walk.

  60. When you come up the companionway from your cabin, fix in your mind whether your own boat is on the right or on the left side; some are liable to become confused in coming up.

  61. Then move up the companionway as fast as you can.

  62. He stood beside the companionway and listened.

  63. Jacobsen shrugged his shoulders in calm acquiescence to fate, and Griffiths stepped to the companionway and went below.

  64. I had got a lantern in the mean time, and ran to the forward companionway which led into the main cabin.

  65. Mrs. Johns, sitting near the companionway with the revolver on her knee, looked up and eyed me coolly.

  66. At the top of the after companionway the crew had been assembled, and Burns was haranguing them.

  67. Turner coming up the companionway at that moment, Vail left me.

  68. He lurched down the companionway and into the cabin.

  69. We had railed off a part of the deck around the forward companionway for them, and none of the crew except the man on guard was allowed inside the ropes.

  70. I spoke of this, and a guard was placed at the companionway again.

  71. She left the rail abruptly, and disappeared down the companionway into the after house.

  72. I knew the helmsman would be at the wheel, and ran up the after companionway to him and told him.

  73. The door at the top of the companionway was always closed at night; the light came through the window near the wheel.

  74. The forward companionway led down into the main cabin.

  75. The mate, walking slowly, made his way up the companionway to the rail.

  76. Perry had come up the companionway with his blue battle-flag.

  77. Every moment they were crowding down the companionway with others.

  78. Accordingly he descended the companionway with the greatest caution and succeeded in ensconcing himself in the position suggested by Bud.

  79. Cub turned toward the companionway with the intention of seeking an interview with Mr. Perry in the wheel house, but Hal delayed him again.

  80. Cub dashed up the companionway two steps at a time.

  81. Thorpe plunged frenziedly down a companionway for the cabin he knew was Ruth Allaire's.

  82. He shouted again and walked to a companionway to repeat the hail.

  83. But before reaching the companionway he had to pass a big chicken coop that occupied the centre of the quarter-deck, and, as he explained afterward, he never did like chickens.

  84. In spite of the storm it was a warm, oppressive night, and the air of the cabin would have been stilling even with the companionway wide open.

  85. My first view of the guanaco was from the companionway of the steamer in which I coasted the land.

  86. After washing ourselves a few of us gathered on deck near the head of the companionway to get a breath of fresh air before coffee was served.

  87. The saloon was ventilated through the doors at the head of the companionway and through the skylight, but there was no sort of wind sail or device to force the air down.

  88. In its centre was a table 3-1/2x8 feet large, while the companionway came down just forward of the table.


  89. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "companionway" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    companion; incline; landing; parts; ramp; ship; stairway; steps; stile