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Example sentences for "dragnet"

Lexicographically close words:
dragge; dragged; draggin; dragging; draggled; dragoman; dragomans; dragomen; dragon; dragonflies
  1. Apparently he had not been seen, but in a few moments a dragnet would be thrown around the vicinity, and he would have to exercise the utmost speed and caution if he was to escape.

  2. Ug sikúpun ka sa ipbiay walà kay iskapaturya, If the FBI institutes a dragnet to find you, there is no escape.

  3. I told Conseil that sponges are fished up in two ways, either by dragnet or by hand.

  4. Our dragnet was filled with Midas abalone, harp shells, obelisk snails, and especially the finest hammer shells I had seen to that day.

  5. So I summoned Conseil, who brought me a small, light dragnet similar to those used in oyster fishing.

  6. Gard immediately called upon the Chicago police to throw out a dragnet and a general alarm, and this was done.

  7. At Brownsville a similar dragnet had operated at about the same time.

  8. It moved on unostentatiously to other parts of the city and around it the Ranger dragnet tightened.

  9. I thank you cordially for the police protection afforded me while the chief had his dragnet in operation.

  10. We've got the greatest dragnet in the history of the department in operation--watching every exit from the city and searching everywhere--have corralled half a hundred suspects already.

  11. The paper told how the place was surrounded at all hours by policemen, and grilled the police department because the dragnet had caught nothing but small fish.

  12. If a vessel when fishing with a trawl, dredge, or any kind of dragnet becomes stationary in consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, she shall show the light and make the fog signal for a vessel at anchor.


  13. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dragnet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abduction; apprehension; arrest; bait; capture; catch; cobweb; coup; dragnet; exploration; fishhook; fly; forage; frisk; grab; hold; hook; hunt; hunting; kidnapping; lariat; lasso; lime; lure; meshes; net; noose; plug; posse; prehension; probe; quest; rummage; search; searching; seizure; snare; snatch; spinner; springe; stalk; stalking; toil; trawl