But I am sure he would like to see his old messmates off," concluded Ben.
A number of the sailors from the Yorktown--in fact, a boatload, had been captured, but Leroy had become separated from his messmates at the very start.
I don't know how my messmates are, but I feel as if I was a bacon pig after killing time, and the singeing's done.
Murray halted and let the men march by till Tom May and his messmates joined him; and then as he resumed his place he became aware that the blacks in their rear had increased greatly in number.
No, sir, I dunno as I do so long as I've got my messmates nigh at hand.
But look here; I'm sorry to hear that your messmates think the Seafowl is an unfortunate craft.
According to what your messmates said, the enemy was in pretty strong force.
We shall be able to find our messmates and bring them to our side.
He fell asleep before I had finished my story, but I lay for long hours pondering this baffling problem, and wishing that I had Joe Punchard and my messmates of the Dolphin instead of negroes, whom I could scarce trust.
But why don't you speak more, Rory, as yourmessmates call you?
No--for I lost my ship by fire once in the northern ice of Western Greenland, and it was two whole years before either myself or my messmates placed foot again on British soil.
By degrees Owen's messmates forgot that he had been a boy before the mast, and treated him as one of themselves.
As far as Owen could judge, Ashurst did not treat any of his other young messmates in the same way, although he might have been somewhat supercilious in his manner towards them, as if he considered himself a being of a superior order.
He trusted that he might win the regard of his new messmatesby his uniform good conduct and gentlemanly bearing towards them.
Bare-headed their messmates stood in silence as Sefton, with a peculiar catch in his usually firm voice, read the prayer appointed for the burial of those at sea.
His messmates knew the secret, but, when questioned by the Calder's men, he cautiously opened the lid, displaying a couple of white rats.
I would ha' stood by my messmatesif it had been me.
Bill Southard, too, was among the lost, as indeed were all my messmates but Tom Goldsmith and Lemuel Bryant.
I told him that one of my messmates had promised to do this for me.
We were all too busy, however, to notice the various peculiarities and characteristics of our messmates beyond such as we were brought more immediately in contact with.
You're afraid of some of your nice messmates getting hauled over the coals?
Immediately several of hismessmates rushed out of the fort to greet him.
His messmates and the men obeyed him, being fully as eager as he was.
However, he did not express himself openly to his messmates on the subject.
My messmates were forehead awaiting the result, and as I approached them a dozen voices shouted--"How goes it?
Then I wished my messmates 'good-bye' and went ashore in a gig, feeling like a bird released from a cage.
My messmates had decided to present me with a beautiful Bible, which I never received, for this reason.
Newton joined his new messmates in drinking a prosperous passage to old England; and, with a heart grateful for his improved prospects, retired to the hammock which had been prepared for him.
At this moment, when those in the water urged their messmates in the boat to continue bailing with unremitted exertion, a noise was heard close to them, and about fifteen sharks came right in amongst them.
He was, therefore, removed to his own birth, and one of his messmatesordered to lie on each side of him, whereby the diminished circulation of the blood was accelerated, and the animal heat restored.
One morning hismessmates missed Reginald from his bed.
Once more a service for the dead, and as the body sank into the deep the poor sailor's messmates turned sadly away, and more than one brought his arm to bear across his eyes.
I now was left in charge of the deck while Porpoise and the rest of my messmates turned in, all standing.
The artillery that had been firing a short time before opened on us again, while we were preparing to help ourselves, but not before one of my messmates had secured a cup of molasses.
His son had been left behind sick, but his messmates did full justice to the bountiful supply of refreshments brought in the carriage for him.
Soon after we had gotten together, the bodies of our dead comrades were brought from the places at which they had fallen, and William Bolling, Berkeley Minor and myself, messmates of Stuart, were detailed to bury him.
One of them gave some of my messmates an account of the time his mess had had with their purchases.
The body is still covered by the flag already mentioned, with the feet projecting a little over the gunwale, while the messmates of the deceased arrange themselves on each side.
When I met my messmates at supper in the berth, I was sorry to see Murphy among them.
Vain man, suppress that supercilious sneer, For I have dared to love your matchless girl, A fact well known to all my messmates here!
Be warned, my messmates all Who love in rank above you-- For Josephine I fall!
Mr Togle was the first of the midshipmen to hear the news, and down he rushed into the berth, where most of his messmates were collected.
If we could but get her within range of our guns, there would be some satisfaction in peppering at her," said Jemmy Duff, who, with several of his messmates had gone on the forecastle to have a better view of the chase.
I don't suppose that many people have sung under such circumstances, but I managed to strike up a stave, one of those with which I had been accustomed to amuse my messmates in the Naiad's forecastle.
Before the next morning broke all the Lascars were dead, and I saw that one of my messmates was likely soon to follow them.
The governor received us kindly, clothed us, and sent us down to the ship, which was with a full cargo in the road, and intending to sail the next day, and we were received and welcomed by our messmates as men risen from the dead.
Well, the Alba being completely fitted, it is only necessary to add that as many of Claude's Arctic messmates as he could find were easily prevailed upon to join the ship.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "messmates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
