14 Metaphors for harboring

Good natural harbors on the waterways leading out to the oceans are a most important kind of national wealth, as are the navigable great lakes within the boundaries or on the borders of a country.

The harbor was a gleaming surface, and the reef from this height was a rainbow of color.

Its harbor is a deep creek or inlet of the sea, running out of Gulf St. Vincent: it contains two spacious wharfs, alongside of which, vessels from Great Britain, Singapore, Manilla, China, Mauritius, Sydney, Hobart Town, and New Zealand, are continually discharging their cargoes.

In consequence of this measure, the commerce of the country was annihilated in an hour; and harbors, once flourishing and prosperous, soon became only resorts for rotting ships.

The harbors of Tyre and Carthage are lonesome pools.

This morning develops a north-east storm, during which the "Nancy Dousman" is wrecked, but all the cargo saved: a proof that the harbor is no refuge from a north-easter.

The settlement, as with all ports, began at the waterfront, and the harbor of Papeete is a lake within the milky reef, the gentle waters of which touch a strip of green that runs along the shore, broken here and there by a wall and by the quay at which I landed.

The only harbors it has are the following: San Juan de Porto Rico, surrounded by mangrove swamps and protected by the Cabras and the Cabritas islands and some very dangerous banks; the anchoring ground of Arecibo, somewhat unprotected; and the coves of Cangrejos and Condado.

The waters pass Currents will have their way; Nature is nobody's ally; 'tis well; The harbor is betteredwill stay.

The harbor of Key West is the ninth port of entry in the country.

But, faithful to his principles of self-protection, as soon as he had made full use of the unfortunate sailor, and found himself in sight of the destined port, he came up to him at the helm, which he held in his hand, "My friend," said he "is that the harbor of Corunna?""Yes," was the reply.

The first harbor we reached was Madeira.

A good harbor with an adjacent walled town or city was the answer to this need.

The harboring of a possible spy was too large a risk to run in the uncertain temper of the Germans.

14 Metaphors for  harboring