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Example sentences for "hailed"

Lexicographically close words:
haif; haiff; haiks; hail; haile; hailing; haill; hails; hailstone; hailstones
  1. Meantime Thorkel's ship had drawn close alongside, and its captain hailed Estein.

  2. The group had broken up, and Estein was about to go on board when he heard himself hailed by name.

  3. As soon as he was out upon the road he sped on after the retreating footsteps of the shepherd, and he hailed him through the gloom.

  4. As he plodded onward he was suddenly hailed by a voice from behind.

  5. This is indeed a book which will be hailed with delight, especially by children who love to read about animals.

  6. At this moment the conductor appeared, and the old lady hailed him indignantly.

  7. Murphy, a brown paper cigarette drooping from the corner of his mouth, hailed him as he passed.

  8. A dirty and tattered group of gypsies, swatting in a dry ditch under a tarpaulin, hailed her, and wanted her to join with them and share their broken food.

  9. With dance and song the Delian maidens still hailed the divinity of Leto's son.

  10. He took a peep back along the street he had left, and then hailed a cab.

  11. As they drew near the Albatross she hailed the fisherman: "How are the fish, Jack?

  12. A good morrow to you, friend," hailed Robin.

  13. And they toasted him in nut brown ale, and hailed him as their leader, by the name of Robin Hood.

  14. But suppose they compelled me to go, set me ashore in their boat, or hailed some unsuspecting vessel that would receive me.

  15. One morning in July, we being then somewhat south of the latitude of the island of St. Helena, a seaman who was on the topsail-yard hailed the deck, and cried out that there was a sail right ahead.

  16. Illustration: Church in San Felipe] Now after an elapse of three years without having heard anything about the outcome, curiosity got the best of me so I hailed Greenberg.

  17. Both had been making a visit to the different ships now anchored in Montevideo harbor, having had chats with the doctors and Marconi-men of said ships, and were returning to their own vessel when hailed by us.

  18. No foot-burnt wanderer in Sahara ever hailed his oasis with heartier thanksgiving; but it was still a league and a half away.

  19. Friends of his had helped him; he had hailed every arriero on the road, from Pamplona to La Coruña; and when he had what he wanted he had only delayed for one day, to get his knife ground.

  20. The crocodile tears which Elizabeth is said to have shed when the death of her sister Mary was announced to her at Hatfield were soon wiped away in the pomps and enthusiasms which hailed her accession to the throne.

  21. The public rejoicings, the universal enthusiasm, the brilliant spectacles and fêtes, the flattering receptions and speeches which hailed the restoration of Charles II.

  22. I hailed the mate, an' offered myself for a coal-heaver.

  23. I didn't condescend to reply, though I hailed the suggestion of something to eat with inward enthusiasm, for I had not taken enough food that day to keep life in a canary.

  24. Running down to the water's edge, we hailed the boats with all our might.

  25. He saw several people come to their front doors, and he knew they would have hailed him had he given them a chance.

  26. A group of horsemen arose suddenly like shadows out of the mesquite and hailed the driver.

  27. A "shrill clamour of rejoicing and the screaming flight of terrified children" hailed his approach.

  28. We hailed its appearance with shouts of joy, and rested on the spot to enjoy the view.

  29. A well–dressed gentleman then stood up in the stern–sheets of the barge, and hailed the ship.

  30. They were talking in English, and Bill hailed them.

  31. Scott and O’Hara were inclined to train in the same company; and Captain Sheridan and Lieutenant Murray of the steamer, with whom both of them had been formerly very intimate, hailed them as they came on shore.

  32. Bill hailed the boatman, who was pulling for the shore.

  33. The pavements in the City were slimy with the dampness of the fog, and as an empty four-wheeler passed through Cornhill I hailed it, a most unusual choice on my part.

  34. The stronger will prevailed, and they entered the doors of the Imperial, where, of course, Dyke was hailed at once by a dozen men.

  35. Fearful lest some acquaintance should recognize and accost him he hailed a hansom and drove to Victoria Street.

  36. They hailed a hansom and whirled off to Portman Square.

  37. It had, like the pony, been a birthday present, and, like the pony, it hailed from the Ultima Thule of the British North.

  38. Bob's money at all events had been honestly come by, and everybody hailed him king of the day.

  39. Loaded with the wealth that had been showered upon him by grateful nations, he returned to Egypt, and on account of the benefits he had conferred on mankind he was unanimously hailed and worshipped as a deity.

  40. Mahmed followed his example and also hailed in his high-pitched key.

  41. He was hailed as a hero, as a friend, as a benefactor.

  42. The arrival of the steamer Talisman had been hailed with rapture.

  43. Our Creeks went down to the river's side, and hailed the camp in the Creek language.

  44. Jackson, and our arrival was hailed with great applause, though we were a little after the feast; for they had taken the town and fort before we got there.

  45. In the morning about sunrise, we saw a boat coming down, and we hailed her.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hailed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.