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Example sentences for "harbour"

Lexicographically close words:
harborage; harbored; harboring; harborow; harbors; harbourage; harboured; harbouring; harbours; hard
  1. I am convinced that he will lend me his yacht, which is lying in the harbour here.

  2. We have all been admiring your beautiful yacht in the harbour there.

  3. You must give orders, though, that it is not to leave the harbour until telephoned for.

  4. For some weeks a German down in Monaco, a shipping agent, has had a yacht in the harbour for hire.

  5. Now I come to think of it," he went on, "there was another yacht leaving the harbour at the same time.

  6. They'd have come down the harbour and held us up.

  7. Now and then from the harbour came the shriek of a siren.

  8. All that night the ships were at sea, and the next day the Adelantado found a harbour sheltered from all winds, where he anchored in 15 fathoms, and near the shore, where there were villages and a river.

  9. The conditions for the northern line of blockade will be no less favourable when the projected harbour works are finished.

  10. At all events, the harbour constructions, partly building, partly projected, at Rosyth and Scapa Flow, were chosen with an eye to this line of blockade.

  11. The great military harbour of Rosyth is admittedly built for the eventuality of a war with Germany, and can mean nothing else.

  12. The blockading fleet finds, therefore, a base in the great harbour of Rosyth, while a cruiser squadron might lie in support off the Orkney Isles.

  13. One of those Hesse-Cassel ruffians swaps even for one good American, and there's a lot of our boys rottin' in the prison hulks in New York harbour to-night.

  14. That sounds well, but it means treason; and I for one will not harbour or support traitors," was the angry response.

  15. A long arm forming the inner harbour extends to the right, and here a large number of ships is lying, eight battleships being among the number.

  16. Horses would suffer badly lying in the harbour where the ventilation would be very bad and would mean death to many of them.

  17. At sea there is always a breeze, but as we now lie at anchor in the middle of the harbour the air is absolutely still and oppressive.

  18. Evidently we were killing time, there is no chance now-a-days of entering a harbour during the hours of darkness.

  19. After completely crossing the harbour and taking careful note of our shipping, it turned and dropped a bomb at something about the harbour entrance.

  20. The harbour has a rocky bottom, and if an anchor catches behind a rock such an accident is apt to occur from a sudden jerk, and this is the second time it has happened to our boat in this self-same place.

  21. Ours the "Ausonia" is B4--no fewer than ninety transports lay in the harbour of Alexandria ready to carry our troops to Lemnos.

  22. In the afternoon we entered the inner harbour and cast anchor in the middle of a number of transports.

  23. Lying in the harbour of Alexandria, where we arrived about 3 p.

  24. Eleven powerful searchlights were playing at the entrance of this important harbour--a harbour which must be one of Britain's greatest assets.

  25. The view of the harbour with over 100 big ships, and about as many small craft was very fine in its setting of rugged hills.

  26. The scene on entering this harbour baffles description, with its cliffs, forts, and frowning guns and numerous warships.

  27. The entrance to the harbour was guarded by booms, only a small opening being left where they were folded back.

  28. Meanwhile the harbour of St. Lunar was found insecure, and the fleet moved up to St. Cas, keeping up its communication with the invading army.

  29. What worldling on life's voyage does not know of some such harbour of rest and calm, some haven where he puts in out of the storm?

  30. Also the merchants of Normandie made fine for license to harbour their woads till it was otherwise provided, in the year 1263, Thomas Fitz Thomas being mayor, etc.

  31. The locality was Mosman's Bay, one of the many picturesque indentations of the beautiful harbour of Sydney.

  32. The harbour at this spot was almost land-locked, the water as smooth as glass without the faintest ripple, and the birds were consequently enabled to drink without wetting their plumage.

  33. Its beautiful woods stretch along the grassy slopes of Botley Hill, and the clump of trees on the heights known as Cold-harbour Green is 881 feet above the sea, and marks the loftiest point in the whole range of the North Downs.

  34. The seaplane had hovered over her, dropped messages on her deck ordering her to follow the plane to a concealed harbour near, failing which bombs would be dropped to explode the ship.

  35. The day after, however, was beautifully fine, and we left Skagen harbour in two motor barges, almost touching a floating mine on the way.

  36. A Japanese cruiser was also in Colombo harbour when we arrived there, preceded by mine-sweepers, on September 24th.

  37. It took more than an hour to get from the harbour to the ship, for we had to take a very circuitous route owing to the shallow water and many sandbanks.

  38. Daybreak showed us the coast of the Shetlands--our first sight of the British Isles--and a few fussy armed trawlers shepherded us into the harbour of Lerwick, where we remained at anchor till dusk.

  39. Fishes harbour crustaceans instead of ticks, and their number is not less considerable than on mammals and birds.

  40. The same host does not always harbour the same worms in the different regions of the globe which it inhabits.

  41. There are some animals which harbour few inhabitants, while there are others that keep up a great retinue; and it is not always, as we have already said, that those who give lodging to but few enjoy the most excellent health.

  42. Even the very animals which live as parasites, harbour others in their turn.

  43. On the contrary, all wild animals harbour their parasitical worms, and the greater part of them have not lived long in captivity, before nematode and cestode worms completely disappear.

  44. Bleeker, who has so successfully explored the Indian seas, obtained more than twenty species of these; but unfortunately he has not made a note of the fishes which harbour them.

  45. There are few except lapdogs which do not harbour them.

  46. Many sharks harbour particular kinds, among which we mention the Alepas of the Spinax niger from the coasts of Norway.

  47. Many birds harbour Holostomes which belong to the same group, the first state of which is not yet known.

  48. Don't think that we shall go to harbour you here, and get nothing but cross words for our pains.

  49. They had suffered much in a terrible storm, and been driven far out of their course, and been obliged to lie for months in some far-off harbour for repairs, and had had a long and weary voyage.

  50. Will not Care be taken immediately to fortify the Harbour & thereby prevent the Entrance of Ships of War ever hereafter?

  51. I am exceedingly concernd to find by your Letter as well as those of my other Friends that so little attention has been given to a Matter of such weighty Importance as the fortifying the Harbour of Boston.

  52. May I not however advise, that the favorable opportunity which this important Event, added to the Season of the year has offerd, be improvd in fortifying the Harbour so as to render it impracticable for the Enemies Ships to enter it hereafter.

  53. With fresh strength and courage I entered the Underground, and was carried to the harbour area.

  54. Twice more the steamer ran into harbour during the next days.

  55. The harbour was filled with countless steamers, richly festooned with flags.

  56. And where the river broadens, neath the cape Her quiet harbour sleeps.

  57. One by one, as we rowed steadily, the fishing-boats passed by, emerging from their harbour for a twelve hours' cruise upon the open sea.

  58. To say they love them, and that the bloody hand-shake of those wretches is a pleasure to all who harbour them, would be to calumniate the peaceful inhabitants of this parish.

  59. He knew that they must have corn or they would die, so he went to the harbour where two ships lay filled with grain, and asked the captains if they would sell him their cargo.

  60. Stephen satisfied him that there was no danger on that score, and heard him muttering, that it was no harm to secure a safe harbour in case a man hadn't the luck to be knocked on the head ere he grew too old to trail a pike.

  61. The sub-prior bids me say that we harbour no strange, idling, lubber lads nor strange dogs here.

  62. They met with no further adventures worth speaking of, and presently found themselves within two leagues of the harbour for which they were making.

  63. On the 13th of March, they were off the harbour of Vivero, when a large French schooner was discovered at anchor, under the protection of the batteries.

  64. There was little hopes of discovering a harbour for this purpose, and the only alternative was to endeavour to make one.

  65. The harbour was defended by regular fortifications of two tier of guns.

  66. The enemy had found out the trick that had been played upon them; and the batteries from the island and harbour opened upon the schooner a volley of no very gentle reproaches.

  67. Captain Maitland determined to attempt to capture or destroy her, and accordingly he stood in for the harbour at about five o'clock in the evening.

  68. The next day, just after the Algerine had entered the harbour of Cape Frio, Admiral Baker arrived with a necessary supply of money.


  69. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harbour" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.