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Example sentences for "foredeck"

Lexicographically close words:
foreclosed; foreclosing; foreclosure; foreclosures; forecourt; foredoom; foredoomed; forefather; forefathers; forefeet
  1. I was thrown off the foredeck by the impact," interrupted the captain.

  2. The captain, standing on the foredeck behind his own helmsman, leaned over the rail and shook his fist at Green and cursed.

  3. Otherwise they might even now expect a crash from the foredeck as the bow of the Ving caught them.

  4. He whooped with joy and kissed Amra on the cheek and danced around and around the foredeck while the women stared with embarrassment and concern and the children giggled, all wondering if he'd gone mad.

  5. He would walk swiftly back and forth on that part of the foredeck which was kept clear of the lumber and of the bodies of the native passengers.

  6. Caught under by the breeze, the awnings of the foredeck bellied upwards and collapsed slowly, and above their heavy flapping the gray stuff of Captain Whalley's roomy coat fluttered incessantly around his arms and trunk.

  7. On her abrupt foredeck was a slim figure of blue and white.

  8. The sampan coolie, asleep upon the small foredeck of his home, shivered and muttered in his strange dreams.

  9. As dawn came, Peter made out the form of a huge junk, which had pinioned and crushed the foredeck rail under her brawny poop.

  10. The foredeck was found, after the storm, a hundred yards southeast of the maindeck.

  11. We landed stern first, and the wave that followed us tore off our bow and foredeck and threw them clear over the vessel.

  12. The foredeck camber is ridged and carried rather far forward.

  13. The forward portion of that side would then be covered by a single large panel or perhaps two, so that the horizontal seam on that side would run from the stem aft to the inboard end of the foredeck and would be just above the chine.

  14. The girls were down on the foredeck with him now, and Scotty had joined the Brants on the upper deck in order to get a better view of the fight.

  15. Then Scotty ran lightly to the foredeck and got the bowline ready.

  16. Rick went down the ladder to the foredeck and tied his arrowhead to the fish line wound in the reel on his bow.

  17. But Asbiorn stood on the foredeck with his back to that which he had looked on, biting the ends of his long moustache, and pale with rage.

  18. There that talk ended, for Hakon came forward to watch the enemy, and called us to go to the raised foredeck with him.

  19. Suddenly a shell swept the whole length of the Mindoro's deck, on the port side, tearing up the planks of the foredeck as it burst.

  20. Stand by with the forward gun," he called down from the bridge to the men standing at the little 12 pounder on the foredeck of the Mindoro.

  21. Uttering yell after yell he sprang to his feet and tried to climb out on the foredeck of the canoe.

  22. I jumped out in the water--it was only knee deep on that island--and dragged the whole tent on the foredeck of my canoe.

  23. I had scarcely finished my meal when the men on the foredeck lifted the body of the man, which I saw was black in colour, and cast it overboard.

  24. At the time I was alone beneath the awning, for the crew of the ship were gathered on the foredeck clustering round what appeared to be the body of a man.

  25. The small foredeck is reserved for the use of first and second-class passengers; the remainder of the deck-room is pretty well crowded with the most motley and picturesque gathering imaginable.

  26. Male sleepers and family groups are sprawled about the deck in every conceivable position, and in walking from the foredeck to the after-cabins by the ghostly glimmer of the ship's lanterns, one has to pick his way cautiously among them.

  27. Flourishing his long proboscis he rushed into the midst of the fire, but soon driven back by the heat he retreated to a portion of the foredeck which had not yet ignited, and his death-cry echoed loud and mournfully over the dusky ocean.

  28. The bright light from the foredeck spilled on the waters around the bow of the ship, and seemed even to light up the sloop.

  29. Lying flat on the foredeck of the pursuing boat, they could clearly see the figure of Turk, hurriedly reloading his pistol.

  30. Instinctively, Sandy and Jerry shrank back into the shadow of the life-jacket box, until Sandy realized that the bright light on the foredeck would make the rest of the ship almost invisible to people in its rays.

  31. From his expression, as a great bunch light placed on the foredeck for the convenience of the men readjusting the hastily laden cargo, fell upon him, one would have said he was startled.

  32. He leaped away as he spoke, and regained the foredeck of the Dragon, where Glumm and his men were still engaged with the berserkers, just as the King came to the front.

  33. At the same time Eindrid, son of Mornef, stood up on the high foredeck of his ship with a large stone in his hand.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "foredeck" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    beak; bow; figurehead; nose; rostrum; stem