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Example sentences for "bowshots"

Lexicographically close words:
bowre; bows; bowse; bowsed; bowshot; bowsing; bowsman; bowsprit; bowsprits; bowster
  1. When we were again in deep water we struck our sails and cast anchor at a distance of two bowshots from the village.

  2. There is an island in this bay, three bowshots from the land, where there are many seals.

  3. As one man, the village swept through the forest toward the rising ground that was but a few bowshots away.

  4. We made our way straight to the village, which lies in a grove of wild fig-trees, about two bowshots from the fortress, and is provided with a good cistern.

  5. Rounding the cape, I steered due west along the shore of the island, leaving the Æolian peaks to our right, and by evening had reached the anchorage upon which I had settled, and where I found good moorings about two bowshots from the beach.

  6. At the distance of about four bowshots behind, I made out the Cabiros hoisting her lights, and could hear the voices of the crew in great excitement.

  7. On the left bank, about two bowshots from the water, a steep dyke, surmounted by a causeway, had been thrown up as a protection during the annual inundation.

  8. And scarcely three bowshots from him, leaning upon a bank of flowers, in contemplation of the glorious scene, was the soul of her so fondly loved.

  9. Nothing said the owl, it was not time yet, and he suffered the treacherous Mengwe to approach within two bowshots of the sleeping warriors.

  10. I hear a rustling of the dry grass and low bushes, at the distance of three bowshots from the camp of the sleeping Unamis.


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