The complete peal of 5,040 changes of Grandsire Triples was rung by the ringers of Wells-next-the-Sea on eight bells in three hours seven minutes.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Diss, held last week, it was resolved that the present peal of eight bells should be recast, with an additional weight of metal.
At eight bells in the same watch we tacked ship and stood off shore; and when the sun rose, the Island of Curacao appeared upon our weather bow.
Luckily it is eight bells," he continued, consulting his watch by the light of the binnacle, "so we will turn the ship over to the care of a fresh set of eyes and ears.
As the afternoon wore on the wind grew light, and byeight bells it had so far died away that it was practically valueless to the boats which were to convey the naval brigade to the shore.
And it was told again, and by both of us, in the bright-lighted chart-room after the watches had been changed at eight bells.
At eight bells, with the changing of the watches, it came upon me what a night of hardship the old mate was enduring.
But I noticed that at eight bells in the afternoon watch he again altered his course, hauling up another point; and without receiving any signal from him I promptly did the same.
His appearance, consequently, was an unfailing token that the sun had crossed the zenith and that it was time to "make it eight bells.
The heat of to-day has upset you; and I think you had better let me give you a good stiff dose of quinine when you go below, at eight bells.
There's eight bells, Massa Christy, and the second lieutenant will have the deck.
At eight bells, or noon, a steamer was discovered coming out of the bay by a channel between two islands.
Undoubtedly; headed to the south-west the ship would be off the passes of the Mississippi at eight bells in the forenoon.
Eight bells," said the company; "aft to muster, boys.
The same to Rogers, ’Eight Bells,’ Chislehurst, will meet with a reward.
He took to living at the Eight Bells, and to writing insulting letters to the local papers.
He gave a dinner, to men only, at the Eight Bells.
Cape Maysi, the scene of many an adventurous filibustering expedition, was passed at high noon, and at eight bells in the evening the anchor was dropped off Mole St. Nicholas, a convenient port in the island of Hayti.
We of the port watch had turned in at four (or, according to ship's time, eight bells).
When the watch was set, at eight bells, most of the boys who were off duty went into the steerage.
At eight bells in the morning, after the port watch had breakfasted, all the students off duty attended prayers.
Lowington will come on deck at eight bells, and Monroe, in the starboard watch, will give him another dose.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "eight bells" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
