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Example sentences for "rescuers"

Lexicographically close words:
rescript; rescripts; rescue; rescued; rescuer; rescues; rescueth; rescuing; rese; research
  1. The rescuers rushed in, and one Allen, a lad of seventeen, opened the doors of the compartments in which were Kelly and Deasy, and hurriedly pulled them out.

  2. We'll be with you in a minute," shouted one of the intending rescuers as the boat swept by.

  3. The howling storm, the heartrending shrieks of the injured, the shouts of the rescuers and cries for help, the lurid glare of the burning wreckage, produced a scene never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it.

  4. It was fraught with great difficulty, and attended with grave danger, as the huge pieces of timber were poised in the most dangerous positions, threatening to fall every minute, and bury both rescuers and rescued beneath them.

  5. Perhaps, if the bullet spared them at Lucknow their would-be rescuers might be unable to fight their way through the city, and these poor ladies and children of the Lucknow garrison might be reserved for a lot even worse than death.

  6. Next day the garrison of Kumassi found that their rescuers had been compelled to abandon their rice, and to fire away most of their ammunition on the road.

  7. The meeting with our rescuers was of a most affecting character.

  8. At this outcome there was much exultation among the anti-slavery people, as also when later the prosecution instituted against eighteen of the rescuers ended in a failure to convict.

  9. Among the resolutions passed by mass-meetings held to take action against the Kansas-Nebraska bill, then pending in Congress, there was usually one thanking the rescuers for their conduct.

  10. In the meantime five of the rescuers of Shadrach were indicted and tried, but owing to the disagreement of the jury none of them were convicted.

  11. The others representing the rescuers were Franklin T.

  12. When a party of rescuers went to such a length as here indicated it laid itself liable to an action for damages on the ground of false imprisonment, as well as to prosecution for the penalty under the Fugitive Slave Law.

  13. The act of the rescuers was indorsed by the public sentiment of the state; with but few exceptions justified by the newspapers.

  14. The arrest of a large number of the rescuers followed, and their arraignment took place before the United States District Court at Cleveland.

  15. The Fugitive Slave Law was pronounced unconstitutional, and aid was promised the rescuers of Glover.

  16. The rescuers were not less joyful than the rescued.

  17. Nearer and nearer the boat came with the rescuers shouting encouragement.

  18. To his delight, he could see that the rescuers by this time were waving back, in answer to his signals.

  19. When rescued, rescuers and prisoners arrived at the construction-train they found an excited crowd of over three hundred men awaiting them.

  20. When his rescuers were within a hundred yards of the cabin, he once more signalled caution, and they continued stealthily, revolvers in hand.

  21. And just at sunset the bedraggled but joyful, cheering party of rescuers and rescued emerged from the entrance--Wilson to a reception he will remember as long as he lives.

  22. The rescuers were only just in time, for, amid a cloud of smoke and steam, the ship sank in deep water.

  23. In answer to a signal a picket boat put off from the Hammerer to take off the two missing officers, who parted from their rescuers with thanks and promises to restore their borrowed garments at the first available opportunity.

  24. I'll never quit till the rescuers have gone down!

  25. The work was now completed, and in an hour or two the fan was to be started, and by morning there would be a chance of rescuers getting in.

  26. That will draw out the smoke and gases, and the rescuers can go down.

  27. Private Ownership of clubs and revolvers, and of thugs and ex-convicts to use them, driving away rescuers and shutting up agonised widows and orphans in their homes!

  28. But they know the rescuers will come, so they listen for the sounds of axes and picks.

  29. The dog evidently thought that its rescuers did not wish to go on board, for he seized Dick Sand by his jacket, and his lamentable barks commenced again with new strength.

  30. Furious barks succeeded its first barks inviting the rescuers to come.

  31. The same fate awaited Bollman; but Lafayette's despair was the deeper because he feared that his brave rescuers had been executed for their gallant attempt in his behalf.

  32. But he could not bear to leave his two rescuers in such a plight, so he came back to ask if he could not do something for them.

  33. The party of rescuers left the Puebla de los Angeles several miles to the East, taking the shortest way to the harbor.

  34. There was not a great deal to be done for the three rescuers would travel light.

  35. Jack and his rescuers gathered around while the miner opened the bags.

  36. If it hadn't been for the glass I might have lain there a while longer, and in that case I probably would not have found the stolen mail bags, for if I had waited there until the rescuers came I'd never have walked down the trail.

  37. By an ingenious device he sets before the rescuers a search which compels their circumnavigation of the globe around a certain parallel of the southern hemisphere.

  38. In each region the rescuers meet with adventures characteristic of the land.

  39. All during the painful trip from the village to the island Billy had momentarily expected to meet a party of rescuers coming back for him.

  40. Up this his rescuers stumbled with him until they reached a narrow track beyond Wonckhaus's house.

  41. On and on they stumbled, the two rescuers finding their way like cats in the darkness.

  42. But that the rescuers were taking advantage of everything possible was evident from the occasional hits they made among the Yaquis.

  43. Certain precautions must be observed if the band of rescuers was to arrive efficient enough to cope with the Yaquis.

  44. They were up above the rescuers and could fire down on them, while the boy ranchers and their friends had not only to fight but to climb up, and the latter was a handicap.

  45. Through two long, hot weary days the march of the rescuers was kept up, and they were all glad when night came that they might camp and be at rest.

  46. As the rescuers had been about to move when the approaching party was discovered, and as some of the cowboys actually had their horses in hand, the securing of the remainder of the steeds was a work of no great moment.

  47. Marion demanded, and one might almost have imagined from her manner that she had half a kingdom to bestow on the rescuers of her father.

  48. He threw open the door, sprang out, and began shaking the hands of his rescuers in grateful appreciation of what they had done for him.

  49. While the other four in the party of rescuers kept watch against a surprise, Clifford cut the bonds on the wrists of the girls and removed the gags from their mouths.

  50. With this engine the wireless instrument would remain in commission and direct the rescuers after the ship itself had gone down.

  51. His words demanded an explanation and the boy rapidly told the rescuers of the dead man's oath to release them.

  52. Of course a great handshaking between the boys and their rescuers took place, and as for Pork Chops he swore that he would not leave the boys whom he hailed as his "sabyers.

  53. It is on these rescuers that the central interest of the story turns.

  54. That Pete had not been missed was evident from the failure of the Apaches to oppose the rush of the rescuers up the valley.

  55. Within the first half mile the rescuers came upon a drove of big American horses.

  56. Though so many of the Apaches had been killed in the surprise of the counter attack, the survivors of the band still outnumbered the rescuers two or three to one.

  57. The difficulties that now beset the rescuers were great, for the poor German, besides being stupefied, had grasped his canoe with tremendous power, and could not be detached.

  58. But that was a mere chirp to the roar of congratulation that rang out when the little party landed, and the rescuers strode into camp bearing the rescued in their arms.

  59. Mr. Webster said, it is only the "clemency of the Government which indicted the Syracuse rescuers for misdemeanors and not for a capital crime!

  60. Then came the examination and "trial" of the Shadrach Rescuers in February and the following months.

  61. Masts and sails were not in the boats, having been left on board the Capella when the rescuers put off hurriedly on their errand of mercy.

  62. The approach of his would-be rescuers made him realize the necessity of self-destruction.

  63. The American engineers and their comrades thereupon took possession of the German rifles and with their rescuers found their way back to the British lines.

  64. When the British captured the last place named, they were able to release more than a hundred civilian prisoners, who hailed their rescuers with cheers and many wept for joy.


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