71 Verbs to Use for the Word pier

He determined to go to Australia, and secured a berth in a clipper ship bound for Melbourne, but some accident prevented his reaching the pier in season; the vessel sailed without him, and was never heard of afterwards.

As the Titanic was leaving her pier at Southampton there came a sound like the booming of artillery.

In 1735 the municipal authorities of the young city, anticipating commercial prosperity, decided to improve their harbor and build piers for the accommodation of vessels, but nobody around the place had experience in such matters and a commission was sent off to other cities of India to find a man to take charge.

"I'm sorry to say I can't find Master Piers anywhere in the house or garden, Sir Beverley," he said, looking straight before him and blinking vacantly at the lamp.

The tug had approached the central pier, to which it was tied, awaiting the services of the electrical locomotives, when back of them came a steamer, one of the first foreign vessels to apply to make the trip through the Isthmus.

The act of Congress of the 7th of May, 1822, appropriated the sum of $22,700 for the purpose of erecting two piers as a shelter for vessels from ice near Cape Henlopen, Delaware Bay.

There was something about its unvarying progress that struck Piers as British.

A board walk ran along the ocean and a small pier extended like an arm over the water.

Before she touched the pier, a young man jumped on board from another vessel close by.

He moved at last, quietly, massively, and took Piers by the shoulders.

You can tell him, Piers, that I absolutely see his point of view, but that so far as I am concerned, he need not be anxious.

We passed a pier with a warehouse on it, bearing a sign which read, "Jamestown Island, Site of the First Permanent English Settlement in America, 1607.

Not content with merely benefiting the aged folk of his town, Sir Hugh took great pains to extend the piers, and in 1632 went to London to petition the 'Council-table' to allow a general contribution for this purpose throughout the country.

He looked up with more assurance, and saw Piers, still with that deathly look on his face, leaning against the mantelpiece for support.

White as ghosts, among the dark holly and juniper, stood the tall piers of the Vicar's gate, and their great stone balls, like heads, overlooking the same road, a few hundred yards up the lake, to the left.

" The plan proposed by the United States Engineers for this improvement is to construct two parallel piers of about four thousand feet long, as a permanent protection to the channel-way, and to dredge out a channel between these piers, six hundred feet wide and twelve feet deep.

" "How else could she put it?" demanded Piers harshly.

From that moment he began to recover in a fashion that amazed Piers, cast aside blankets and pillows, sternly forbade Piers to summon the doctor, and sat up before the fire with a grim refusal to be coddled any longer.

By sheer unexpectedness of action, he forced Piers back against the door behind him.

It is upon the principle of suspension, and constructed where the banks of the river are so bold as to furnish natural piers.

Unlike so many of the early cathedrals, Exeter has no central tower, therefore its interior is famous for having the most uninterrupted vista of any cathedral in England, having no tower-piers to hinder the view.

She knew fully why he had pressed upon her the task of helping Piers through his dark hour.

He was not feeling particularly happy himself, since Ina had consistently snubbed him throughout; but he did not hold Piers in any way responsible for her attitude.

"I don't know what to say to you, Piers," she said at last.

She didn't," laughed Piers.

71 Verbs to Use for the Word  pier