1521 examples of at sea in sentences

But all the scientific resources, all the fighting brains of naval England are being brought to bear, and we at homewell, let us keep to our rations, the only thing we can do to help our men at sea!

At sea our naval supremacy would have been strained to breaking point by the many heavy tasks imposed upon it simultaneously in widely-separated seas.

Antonio carried us on board a ship, and when we were some leagues out at sea, he forced us into a small boat, without either tackle, sail, or mast: there he left us as he thought to perish.

" FINAL ACT OF THE HUN AT SEA The final act at sea was almost concurrent with this tragedy.

For vigilance, however diligent, can never produce more safety than will be naturally expected from our incontestable superiority at sea, by which a great part of the nation is so far deceived as to imagine, that because we cannot be conquered, we cannot be molested.

" "Robert, I knew your father; I heard he was lost at sea.

Its functions were to watch over the general conduct of the naval war and to insure co-ordination of the effort at sea as well as the development of all scientific operations connected with the conduct of the war.

Haste was, above all things, necessary, for upon any day the careening might be finished, and the pirates out at sea once more.

Their roaring can be heard far out at sea; but the lady Seals take no part in these combats.

Guess he's not been much at sea.

From the summit of that stupendous pile of rocks Paul gazed upon the vessel which had borne away Virginia, and which, now ten leagues out at sea, appeared like a black spot in the midst of the ocean.

Her hair was like a coronet Upon her Grecian forehead set, Where one gem glistened sunnily, Like Venice, when first seen at sea.

It appears that it was the custom in those times, when a man died at sea, to sell his clothes to the crew by auction.

After years of the newspaper habit, reading and writing them, it had fallen away in Tahiti as the prickly heat after a week at sea.

They seemed satisfied with my statements and expressed their belief that the British Fleet would make short work of the enemy at sea.

COPE, HARLEY F. Command at sea; a guide for the Naval officer.

Blue water vagabond; six years adventure at sea.

And, indeed, this he performed very faithfully in a few days, making himself indebted to me 470 moidores of gold, over and above what had been lost at sea, after I had left the place.

After which time we sailed with a faire wind within the Streights, and so remained at Sea, and ankered at no place vntil our comming into the roade of Tripolis in Syria, which was the last day of April.

"Indeed I do, sir; at least no English that I have ever heard spoken, at sea or ashore; and we seamen have a language of our own.

I suffered terribly, from not being willing to show myself when we were at sea.

Had he refused to believe that his son and she had perished at sea?

* * "A Scottish schooner made the port The thirteenth day at e'en: 'As I am a man,' the captain cried, 'A strange sight I have seen; "'And a strange sound heard, my masters all, At sea, in the fog and the rain, Like shipwrights' hammers tapping low, Then loud, then low again.

Drown'd, drown'd at sea man, by the next fresh Conger that comes we shall hear more.

All vessels that were in port were ordered to remain there, and those at sea, or on the coast ordered to return with all speed.

1521 examples of  at sea  in sentences