146 examples of winch in sentences

A great rope rose out of the water as the men at the winch hauled up the clumsy hulk.

Start your winch and we'll fill the skip.

" Lister signaled a man on board the tug, the winch rattled, and a big iron bucket, hanging by a wire rope, dropped into the hold.

Terrier lay with full steam up at the end of the long mole, and when her winch began to rattle, Cartwright told the Spanish peons to stop rowing.

Didn't I watch 'em go, the whole seven of 'em, Baldy Winch, rot him, jeerin' at me an' me

"And Baldy Winch, the one who knifed you?"

He held that when Baldy Winch had made him a cabin in so inaccessible and distant a spot as the crest of Lookout Ridge, it had been because Winch, the sole survivor of those hardy spirits who had been of Gus Ingle's party, was of a mind to make sure, day after day, that no other men went where he had been.

Somewhere a winch rattled drowsily and weary tackle whined; more near at hand, funnels were snoring and pumps chugging with a constant, monotonous noise of splashing.

A donkey-engine was rumbling, a winch clattering, a capstan-pawl clanking.

These are frequently watered, if there happens to be but little rain, which, in that arid climate, is often the case for weeks together, and the plants regularly looked over, to destroy a species of worm winch, if not removed, plays great havoc with the young buds.

His fame was built on witty sayings, elegant manners, and adroit adaptation to changing circumstances, rather than on those solid merits winch alone extort the respect of posterity.

When the screw has to be lifted, the screw shaft is drawn into the vessel, leaving the short shaft free to be raised up by the sliding frame, and the frame is raised by long screws turned round by a winch purchase on deck.

What I mean is the Disturbance some People give to others at Church, by their Repetition of the Prayers after the Minister, and that not only in the Prayers, but also the Absolution and the Commandments fare no better, winch are in a particular Manner the Priests Office:

"The mechanical ingenuity of Mr. Crawshaw has also been displayed in the construction of AN ORRERY consisting of at least 1,000 wheels, which, by a single winch, turns all the planets in their respective periods; and also the whole of the satellites, including those of Herschell.

Many of the incidents winch I shall be obliged to describe are known only to the actors therein, who, I feel assured, will never foolishly betray themselves.

It was then resolved that we should all await death in our present situation; the cable winch fastened the machine to our raft, was made loose, and it drifted away.

By John Winch, pseud.

LONG, HILARY BLAISE WINCH.

By John Winch, pseud.

G.M. Is there any English translation of Ælian's Various History, or of the work ascribed to the same author on the Peculiarities of Animals? East Winch.

What I mean is the Disturbance some People give to others at Church, by their Repetition of the Prayers after the Minister, and that not only in the Prayers, but also the Absolution and the Commandments fare no better, winch are in a particular Manner the Priests Office:

At a distance winch far surpassed the human height, the branches were torn off or broken.

"I don't want a winch," she pouted.

And another thought, winch bewilders me no less.

Our property is all goneexcept this house, plate, and furniture, and my mother's diamondsall of winch are tangible and visible, and in our own possession.

146 examples of  winch  in sentences