All of the wind ducked out of the sail gag for a minute and the boat spun around, then, all of a sudden, it filled again, and, bingo!
At my mattress she came to a standstill, then ducked and tried to crawl beneath it; failing, she sat down on top of me.
Then we ducked through a little low door and climbed up over the hillock which forms the roof of the fort as it were.
The passengers ducked their heads hurriedly while the 'Sary Ann's' boom swung around.
It was mean of them, for he was old and lame and sick; and one day I just lit out a couple of measly little chaps and ducked them overboard for their sass.
Jack ducked as he ran in and it was well that he did so.
A bullet whistled past the lad's head and he ducked instinctively.
Hove to under this short canvas, our decks were comparatively free of water, while the Ghost bobbed and ducked amongst the combers like a cork.
Mugridge's face turned white under its sooty veneer, and when Wolf Larsen called for a rope and a couple of men, the miserable Cockney fled wildly out of the galley and dodged and ducked about the deck with the grinning crew in pursuit.
He flung her nose down and forward hastily, and the "Marah" ducked gracefully over like a hunter taking an easy fence, steadied and lunged forward in arrow-straight flight.
His bullets must have been going somewhere close, for Spotty saw the nearest machine swerve ever so slightly, as if her pilot had flinched or ducked instinctively.
But Sam pulled him back and ducked him, and was in turn ducked by Fred, who went under by a shove from Dick; and then followed a regular mix-up, the water flying in all directions.
He had almost reached the level, and was passing a steep, narrow, little gully choked with rocks, when something started up so close beside him that Keno ducked away and squatted almost upon his haunches.
He ducked when he saw me turn my head--looked to me like the surly buck that blew in to the ranch the night I came; Jim something-or-other.
He ducked and peered into her face again, and again his face sobered.
She, in her dismay at the energy of the two aspirants, ducked her head down nearly to the level of the table, and Denis, in his zeal and his hurry, struck Ussher in the face with his own forehead with no slight force.
The house roared; Shorty ducked and grinned and returned to his corner.
Quick as a weasel, Dicky ducked under the man's arm, pulled his shoulder clear, dropped forward and rested an instant on the tips of his fingers to avoid the catch of the other hand, and shot out into the road.
As he saw it, Josh ducked suddenly, wrenching his arm free, and dashed over the threshold.
I ducked around a few twisters, doubled back, and there was the Spy coming the other way.
If I'd ducked from the spray, I'd have backed into the sap, right?
N-n-now," whispered Mark, and out he ducked and headed for the back of the house.
Poor Flushington ducked blindly in the direction of each, and then to them all collectively: he had not presence of mind to offer them chairs or cake, or anything; and besides, there was not nearly enough of anything for all of them.
All three turned round, but the King ducked his head and crouched again behind the water-butt before they saw him.
One chap swooped at him, and he duckedunder his arms.
He was dead gone on her, and if she'd have decided to stay under water, he'd have ducked likewise.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ducked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
