A vessel that was supposed to be on the point of luffing would bear away, sheets flying.
The sternmost was luffing up with the intention of reaching the Constitution's quarter.
It soon became evident to Bainbridge that Captain Lambert's guns carried better than his own, so began luffing up repeatedly in order to shorten the distance for an effective broadside.
The "Phoebe" went around under the quarter of the "Essex," luffing up scarcely fifteen feet away.
Another such a broadside might have finished her; but before Stewart could repeat it he saw that the other ship was luffing up so as to take a raking position under the stern of the "Constitution.
The Molly Swash kept close on a wind, luffing athwar the broad reach she was in, until far enough to weather Blackwell's, when she edged off to her course, and went through the southern passage.
We then directed our course for Socotora; but by some negligence, by not luffing up in time, the wind took us short, so that we could not fetch that island, but fell over upon the coast of Arabia.
Suddenly luffing up, the enemy fired her whole broadside.
Luffing up, we brought our broadside to bear upon them, and gave them a few parting shots, our crew giving a hearty cheer in token of victory.
Josephine suddenly luffing up to the wind, the jib flapped, and, the sheet knocking the poor fellow off his balance, he tumbled backwards into the sea, without having time even to utter a cry.
Half an hour later Captain Stewart perceived that the "Acasta" was luffing up, and thereby gaining his wake.
Presently the smoke lifted, and Stewart saw the "Cyane" luffing up for his port quarter.
A manoeuvre of the same character should be executed when luffing around a mark.
Luffing to the starboard, tacking o'er the Bay, Thus the married Captain sails his life away.
Luffing to the starboard, tacking o'er the Bay, Thus the gallant Captain sails his life away.
Luffing to the starboard, tacking o'er the bay Thus the loving Captain sails his life away.
Meantime mark the sailor mount the topmast high, Till his trim tarpaulin almost scrapes the sky, Luffing to the starboard, tacking o'er the bay, Thus Manhattan Captains sail their lives away.
The leading frigate, now coming up on our starboard quarter, opened fire, and we, luffing up, returned it with our aftermost guns.
I looked aft I saw the line-of-battle ship luffing up, and as she did so her whole broadside was discharged at us.
Presently the lights disappeared, owing, no doubt, to the ship's luffing again.
We were an hour getting the ship ready, and, by that time, the brig was within half a mile, luffing fairly up on our lee-quarter.
In another minute I saw him, jammed nearly into the wind's eye, luffing past the point, and falling as easily into our wake as if drawn by attraction.
It was ticklish work, for no one could tell how soon we might hit a rock; but we went clear, luffing quite near to the land, where we let go both bowers at the same instant.
Even now, when her bows were half submerged, and without a stitch of canvass exposed, the Crisis drove ahead at the rate of three or four knots, luffing as close to the wind as if she carried after-sail.
Pomone caught up with the President, and luffing to port gave her the starboard broadside [Footnote: Log of the Pomone.
The Cyane was now discovered wearing, when the Constitution herself at once wore and gave her in turn a stern rake, the former luffing to and firing her port broadside into the starboard bow of the frigate.
In about three minutes the smoke cleared, disclosing to the Americans the Levant dead to leeward on the port beam, and the Cyane luffing up for their port quarter.
Acasta was luffinginto her wake and dropping astern.
The two vessels had been gradually drawing closer to each other, in consequence of the schooner luffing up to endeavour to cross the bows of the brig, and if she could, to get to windward of her, the only chance she had of escaping.
Two others followed, which only caused her to make more sail; and by her luffing closer up to the wind, she apparently hoped to weather on them, and cross their bows.
We then discovered the sternmost ship wearing also; wore ship immediately after her, and gave her a stern rake, she luffing to on our starboard bow and giving us her larboard broadside.
The San Nicolas luffing up, the San Joseph fell on board her, and Nelson resumed his station abreast of them, and close alongside.
When he was thus bereft of his sails, the ships that were under his lee luffing up, also laid him aboard: of which the next was the admiral of the Biscaines, a very mighty and puisant ship commanded by Brittan Dona.
Meanwhile we in the felucca, having stood on to a sufficient distance, once more wore round, and again made for the boat, luffing and shaking the wind out of our sail when within hailing distance of her.
It takes all my strength to keep her from luffing up," replied the skipper.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "luffing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
