Then, without stopping to see the result of my shot, I dashed forward in the hopes of still being in time to drag the mate out of the way of the monster's terrific tusks.
He offered to go with Ewen and Croil, but to this the mate would not agree, and announced his intention to set off with Croil, leaving the rest of us to build a snow hut for the reception of the party.
Saying this the mate went out and closed the door of the tent.
The mateand Sandy therefore assisted us in putting up a hut.
We had brought ropes with us, and Sandy passing one round his waist, begged the mate and me to hold it at the other end while he advanced with his staff at the point of which he had secured a huge lump of ice.
The loss of the first mate and the boat's crew is a serious matter," he answered, "but our own position is critical in the extreme.
Sandy and my brother had now become the real leaders of the party, as the mate was too ill to issue orders.
The first mate took charge of one boat, and the boatswain, with whom I went, of the other.
Whether themate was dead or alive, we could not tell, but he lay perfectly still.
The mate approached cautiously, to be prepared for any vicious trick the whale might play.
The mate announced his intention of taking a look round, to see what prospect there was of the weather clearing.
A restorative which the doctor always carried, at length brought the mate somewhat round, and he was able to speak.
The mate and Croil were now perfectly recovered, and enabled to take a part in everything going forward.
The poor mate asked no further questions, but lay back in an almost unconscious state, while Andrew sat by his side, endeavouring to alleviate his sufferings.
But to be a pharmacistmate first class, it may be up to you to take charge of the medical department of a ship to which no medical officer is attached.
He was boatswain's mate and his job was official scrubwoman and then when an officer gave command he had to pass the word.
Once you are a pharmacist's mate second class, you are supposed to take charge of a Hospital Corps man's work on board ship, and in case the medical officer is away for the time being.
All this while I realized dimly that the boat was pitching harder than ever and my mate broke in with: "We're in for a gale to celebrate Christmas proper.
To be a pharmacist's mate third class, you are supposed to be of immediate value to the medical officer in the sick bay of a ship.
His mate passed a few jokes upon him, at his skill in gulling swells, and taking in flats; for he was considered an adept.
You've served as my first mate once; I see no reason why you should not do it again.
As chance had it, both this man and his mate lived at Truro, and ten minutes after the dinghy had been beached, Rudolf Stork was left to his own resources, with a free hand to go whithersoever he wished.
In this magnolia, which has flowers several inches long, self-fertilization is impossible as the stigmas are ready to receive a mate several days before the laggard stamens are provided with the wherewithal.
How they are saved from such a sterile fate, how they finally secure a mate by devices that outshine the most bewitching tricks of the daughters of Eve, is one of the most fascinating stories in all the history of the plant world.
There is not, as yet, the faintest indication of sexes that need to mate in order to produce their young.
This seems as though it fought off any chance of securing a mate by a flower structure and behavior that would certainly so result if some way out of the difficulty were not at hand.
And as to the Lover who does not write significant phrases--Heaven help the young mate who finds himself thus mismated to so spiritually commonplace a nature!
She leaned over the rail in her striped blue-and-white, and the first mate leaned beside her.
Senor Martinez appeared to take a keen enjoyment in their perplexity, though he was forced to admit that Gunner's Mate Davis was sufficiently well-bred to hide his curiosity.
Coxswain Hickey is promoted to Gunner's Matefirst class.
Opening the case, he read the inscription, "Presented to Gunner's Mate Daniel Davis for heroic conduct in saving two women from the Paris Apaches.
An angry light flashed to his eyes as he recognized the features of Gunner's Mate Davis confronting him.
It provides that for gallant service and quick wit Gunner's Mate Davis is to be promoted to Chief Turret Captain.
We go back to the station, where the boatswain's mate will be waiting for us.
A ripple of laughter ran along the line at this, but when the next train came wheezing in with no Battleship Boys, the mate looked grave.
I am a gunner's mate on board the 'Long Island,' he being a coxswain on the same ship.
I am a gunner's mate on the Battleship 'Long Island.
Who could be my mate and face the future as you're doing?
Its mate called from a sycamore beyond the hedge, and with an answering note it rose and winged away; it vanished from the sight.
Promptly, yet with no lessening of deference—nay, with a greater show of it—the mate became captain of the ship and held the helm with a master’s hand.
What was she doing, I wonder, to mate wi’ such-like?
The goodmate said: 'Now must we pray, For lo, the very stars are gone.
The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.
They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow, Until at last the blanched mate said: 'Why, now not even God would know Should I and all my men fall dead.
The first mate brought a report to Captain Bradley and Mr. Lawrence, to which the boys listened with interest.
The mate said that it was thought on board the steam yacht that the fire had started from a cigarette thrown away by one of the moving-picture actors, a young man named Ward Porton, but that this could not be proved.
I think so," answered the first mate of the Eaglet.
The mate stated that the captain of the steam yacht was quite upset over the occurrence, as he considered that the fire was due to carelessness, and nothing else.
Take it easy," returned the first mate of the Eaglet; and soon those in the mate's rowboat had the man on board.
The first mate of the Eaglet was on the deck of the steam yacht, talking to the captain.
He had told the mate privately that it would be a long time before he would take out another moving-picture company on his vessel.
The Eaglet had already heaved to, and two rowboats manned by the sailors and commanded by the first mate and a boatswain were soon lowered to the water.
Take for your mate no gallant croup, No girl all grace and natural will: To work her mission were to stoop, Maybe to lapse, from Well to Ill.
Said the Hen, I cannot fly, I have no wish to try, But I joy to see my mate careering through the sky!
Eagle to the Hen; "I love to soar, but then I want my mate to rest Forever in the nest!
Tear it in pieces, O Fool, and the wind to her mate shall return it!
Said the Clam, "I'm slow of motion, But my love is all devotion, And I joy to have my mate traverse lake and stream and ocean!
But what is strange--and a strong proof how great A blessing is sound sleep--Juanna lay As fast as ever husband by his mate In holy matrimony snores away.
The situation of themate and his crew, became daily more and more distressing.
The captain and second mate were left with their boats pursuing the whales.
One still remained; the sixthmate ascended the mast and found him in a state of insensibility; he bore him down on his back, and with his burden reached the boat in safety; but the delivered person died the next day.
In this time of despair, it occurred to the fourth mate to send a man to the foremast, hoping, but scarce daring to think it probable, that some friendly sail might be in sight.
During this interval the mate discovered a large spermaceti whale, near the ship, but, not suspecting the approach of any danger, it gave them no alarm, until they saw the whale coming with full speed towards them.
The captain was seen clinging to the ropes; the fourth mate tried to persuade him to exert himself, but he submitted without resistance to his fate.
The reason is that no good or evil fortune comes to men entirely by itself: folly and its mate intemperance have been appointed to wait on wealth and power, self-restraint and great moderation to attend on poverty and low estate.
The part played by the ear has been well described by Quintilian: “ergo quem in poëmate locum habet versificatio, eum in oratione compositio.
There he is on that oleander, and there's his mate still busy with her household duties, carrying straw for her nest.
She is the daughter of a country doctor, and has been the twins' room-mate at boarding school.
Thus the young Wolf warrior must seek his mate among the Ravens, and, while celebrating his nuptials one day, he may be called upon the next to fight his father-in-law over some hereditary feud.
The savage and the wild beast alike secure their mate over the mangled form of a vanquished rival.
If so, I at least had better die, for what happiness can I expect with such a mate as I have?
Amongst the noble of the earth: And 'twere a sin unto a clown To mate such beauty and such worth.
At close range they appeared even more attractive than when pointed out to me by the mate of the steamboat.
The mate had told me that for what he had rented a flat in New York he had secured one of these charming old world homes.
Him and his mate stands talkin' and grinnin' for a minute or so, then they shakes hands and separates, and off my man cuts it, westward.
Royalty must matewith royalty, not with a woman of the people.
Among us there is the best of hunting and fishing, and you shall have, to choose a mate from, the most beautiful girls of Pellucidar.
He was so ugly that women ran away from him--some have even thrown themselves from the cliffs of Amoz into the Darel Az rather than mate with the Ugly One.
My brother, Dacor the Strong One, had gone to the land of Sari to steal a mate for himself.
Our jaws were just a-droppin' arter our teeth when fust mate busts out in a laugh; by thunder, I remember that there laugh to-day!
A shot had carried away a yard of the gunwale of the Good Intent, scattering splinters far and wide, which inflicted nasty wounds on the second mate and a seaman on the quarter-deck.
Desmond made the best use of his opportunities of learning navigation under Captain King and the superintendent, and before two months had expired was pronounced fit to act as mate on the finest East Indiaman afloat.
When Desmond asked the second mate where they were going, the reply was that if he asked no questions he would be told no lies.
The mate shut up the telescope and came leisurely down.
Finding that Desmond was still ready to accept the position of mate on the Hormuzzeer, Merriman consulted Mr. Bourchier, who admitted that he saw no reason for detaining the lad.
Barker and Toley always got on well together, for the simple reason that the mate never thwarted his superior, never resented his abuse, but went quietly his own way.
But, revived by a draught from Mr. Toley's flask, he thanked the mate warmly, and wanted to hear how he had contrived to come up in time.
Wasn't I bo'sun's mate on board the Indiaman as took him east twelve year ago or more?
The crew of the Good Intent, headed by Sunman the cross-eyed mate and Parmiter, had come up behind the natives.
The fact is, I've taken a fancy to you, and I think you can do better than by serving as mate on a country vessel.
Sunman the mate was one of the first victims; he fell to a shot from Bulger.
The rest of the forecastle hands now came stumbling up on deck, and were set by the mate to various tasks, pending the opening of the dock gates and the arrival of the tug which was to tow the Concordia down the river.
At six o'clock next morning the mate came thundering upon the fore scuttle with a handspike, following up the resounding blows with a yell of: "All hands ahoy!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
