Another bit of excitement was the harpooning and capture of a shark which had been following the ship for days.
The natives, afraid of our boats, decamped, likewise the fishermen, who were harpooningfish from small fishing stations among the reeds.
In page 22, I have given an estimate for a clockwork and harpooning Torpedo.
If, as the boats advance, a ship turns her bow to meet them, she facilitates their harpooning her.
PLATE III Represents a clockwork Torpedo, as prepared for the attack of a vessel while at anchor or under sail, by harpooningher in the larboard and starboard bow.
Molly was in full command of the power boat for the day, and as harpooning was over, she ran it at her own sweet will.
Elsewhere, however, the writer mentions a different explanation of the custom of harpooning Sedna.
It is when the floods have fallen to their lowest, and the lagoas or permanent ponds of water have contracted to their ordinary limits, that the harpooning of the fish-cow becomes profitable.
The sport, or, more properly speaking, the trade, of harpooning this river cetacean, is followed by most of the Amazonian Indians.
When on the ice, walrus always lie close to the water, and it is therefore necessary to kill them instantly, or they will reach the water and be lost before the boat can arrive within harpooning distance.
Of course, the walrus does not always allow the boat to approach within harpooning distance.
This man is a celebrated hippopotamus hunter, and I look forward to accompanying him upon a harpooning expedition, when the river is lower.
Every animal may be overstating it, but in truth I doubt we could keep our Canadian friend from harpooning some of these magnificent cetaceans.
Twice he snapped a new Manilla rope of like make and dimensions to that which is used in the harpooning of whales.
Reckless and ill-conditioned they pulled about hither and thither, frightening many, but harpooning none, of the objects of chase.
To the due apprehending of this unprecedented undertaking, it will be proper to describe what is ordinarily deemed needful for fitting out a boat for the harpooning and capturing of the whale.
Harpooning is rather an exciting form of sport, as it is impossible to tell what sort of fish has been struck until it is landed.
Do gentlemen consider harpooning a vessel to be like harpooning a whale, which has no men on board of it to take out the harpoon?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harpooning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
