Astern in each stood men, bending gracefully against the thrust of long sweeps.
Presently Johansen came tearing down into the saloon, crying out that a couple of bears were lying half or quite dead on the large ice hummock astern of the ship.
We had kept company quite long enough with the old, now broken-up floe, so worked ourselves a little way astern after dinner, as the ice was beginning to draw together.
It does collect and drop a little from the roof in one or two places, especially astern in the four-man cabins, but nothing in comparison with what is common in other ships; and if we lighted the stove it would disappear altogether.
It was a dark night, but astern the crew of the lifeboat could observe the calcium lights burning.
The 'Pelican's' commander ordered all the heavy shot to be brought astern of his vessel, and all manner of schemes were resorted to to increase the speed.
The Skylark was rapidly approaching, with the Sea Foam nearly half a mile astern of her.
When the Skylark had rounded the buoy, and laid her course for Turtle Head again, she was at least an eighth of a mile astern of her rival.
And presently through the Firth came racing, at top speed, two German torpedo boats, with eight British destroyers firing furiously at them, astern of them.
The British armoured cruiser Kincardineshire followed in the German ship’s wake ten miles asternand quite out of range.
Her engines went astern for a moment, and down she settled athwart the other two steamers, heeling over to port as she did so.
Astern of the Germans, now that the smoke had cleared away, could be seen fifteen or twenty torpedo craft.
Closing upon the first German division, it formed up astern of it into one long line, and attacked the British rear.
At this juncture the Duncan fell astern and left the British line, and almost at the same moment the Lothringen quitted the German line.
The second German squadron had wheeled to join the other division, which was now steering a generally parallel course, though well astern of the British ships.
One of the huge German torpedoes caught the Excellent right astern and wrecked her rudder and propellers.
The larger steamers lay two and three moored abreast alongside the quays, and astern of each a dozen flats or barges in two lots of six, each lashed together with a planked gangway leading to the outer ones.
The German ships were formed up with the Cormoran at the head, and astern of her in line the Sperber, Schwalbe, Meteor, and Falke.
The leader of one line was Gehenna, and the next two ships astern of her were Eblis and Shaitan, in the order given.
He may well have been too busy to note, for there were patrols all around him, a minefield of curious design and undefined area somewhere in front, and steam trawlers vigorously sweeping for him astern and ahead.
It looks, then, as if when we lost sight of the enemy in the smoke screen and the darkness he had changed course and broken for home astern our main fleets.
Adair pursued nearly the same number round the north end of the island, while the main body, with whom Mr Cherry was engaged, showed a disposition to run up a narrow inlet or channel, which appeared astern of them.
When I looked astern I found that our own boats had gone to the southward, and that between me and them was a large body of native canoes.
He had scarcely spoken when there was a flash and a report from one of the brig's guns, and a shot struck the junk just astern of them.
Occasionally they turned a glance astern to see what had become of their pursuers; but the pirates seemed to have considered it useless or too hazardous to attempt to cross the bar, and had given up the chase.
At last he got his unpleasant captive just clear astern of the frigate, and a little way to leeward.
The larger number of the junks had placed themselves ahead and astern of the brig, and kept pouring in a raking fire on her.
Although every man rowed his hardest, the Fan Fan was half full of water before she reached the Fleet, which was two miles astern of them when they first began to row.
He scrambled up on deck again and hurried aft for the vessel's kedge had been laid out astern to prevent her swinging.
The next morning the sea was very high, and the faint light was further dimmed by snow, but it seemed safe to Dampier, and the vessel held on while the big combers came up astern and forged by high above her rail.
Do you think, now, that the captain of that man-o'-war astern is of the same opinion as you and I are about the weather?
But by some mischance the muzzles were pointed a trifle too high, and both charges flew harmlessly over the boats, tearing up the water a few yards astern of them.
On its abatement they again spread their foresails; and falling calm towards night, the shipsastern spread out all their sprit-sails to overtake the rest.
These people, however, were afraid to come on board, and put Diaz and Braga into the boat which was astern of the generals ship, and then put off to a little distance, waiting for the generals answer.
On the right hand, ahead of us, and astern of us, the prospect was shut in by impervious thickets of mangroves, while in the distance the blue hills rose glimmering and indistinct, as seen through the steamy atmosphere.
One of them splashed into the sea directly astern of the Monitor.
Up on the conning tower a member of the crew was making some adjustment to the periscope case, while from astern came the hum of motors and the clatter of machinery that bespoke action within the engine room below.
After continuing on a certain distance astern of the carrier, Dave then banked around and headed straight back, one hand on the stick, the other on the throttle, and his eyes fixed steadfastly on the landing officer.
But it slammed straight down into the water a good five miles astern of the zigzagging Victory.
Rudolph, sitting among his boxes in the sampan, viewed by turns this desolate void astern and the more desolate sweep of coast ahead.
When I saw the craft first, she was about a couple of cables' lengths directly astern of us," answered Leicester.
The fog lasted a couple of hours, and when it cleared up the Aurora was discovered about two miles astern of the brig, and a large ship was at the same moment made out directly ahead.
This little vessel was lying astern of the Australian when she went ashore, with the reef close astern of her.
Between latitudes 56 and 57 degrees south of Cape Horn, the net was put astern several times; it never, however, brought up anything besides a few of two extremely minute species of Entomostraca.
During our different passages south of the Plata, I often towed astern a net made of bunting, and thus caught many curious animals.
They met her end-on, sparkling in the warm sunset light, gurgled about her sides, and trailed away astern in two divergent lines as the paddles flashed and fell.
At last the breeze fell, and shortly afterward a trail of smoke and a half-seen strip of hull emerged from the creeping haze astern of them.
Besides, you can drive one of those big Siwash craft as hard as you can this sloop; that is, so long as you keep the sea astern of her.
For this opening the Petrel steered; but even there the swell was so great that the vessel reared and pitched fearfully, and touched the bottom as she dipped astern into the deep trough of the sea.
Captain was astern of his ship, "apparently closing under steam.
To make the proposed change it was necessary to carry the cable astern after it was cast off the bitt, for all the slack had long since been let out, and rapidity of movement was as essential as strength.
If the timbers will stand that poundin' astern there's a chance of our gettin' outer this scrape after all, even though things do look so tough.
I've had so much of this key lately that I'd like to see it a dozen miles astern just now.
The two French battleships dropped anchor astern of them, and then followed the battleships of Italy and Greece.
Then you and he will paddle her round to the cove here, and make her fast astern of the sailing boat.
The Rescue, early this morning, was between us and the land: the evening before, the same land was astern of us.
Astern of us is an expansion of some fifty yards across; ahead, a winding creek, wider than our brig.
To add to the novelty of our situation, two cracks coming together obliquely, met a few yards astern of us, cleaving through the heavy ice, and leaving us attached to a triangular fragment of 14 by 22 paces.
At one time on the 13th, the hummock-ridge astern advanced with a steady march upon the vessel.
The Rescue is staggering under heavy sail astern of us.
The two other warships, which had anchored astern of the Rainbowe, also began launching their invasion craft.
The Gloucester was still off their portside, but far enough astern that she could not use her guns.
She would lead the way along the coast, the other two warships following astern and steering by a single lantern hanging from her maintopmast.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "astern" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: aft; after; astern; away; back; backward; counterclockwise; fro; rearward
