Now there was a grog-shop which was a very favourite rendezvous of the seamen belonging to the merchant vessels, and to which they were accustomed to retreat when they heard that the pressgangs were out.
The admiral then gave us permission to send pressgangs on shore.
A difficulty existed then, as now, in manning the navy, and the pressgangs were always hard at work endeavouring to secure by force or stratagem the necessary crew for the ships.
The pressgangs were always at work on shore, and they thought themselves fortunate when such could be found.
Pressgangs were sent on shore every day all along the coast where there was a chance of picking up men.
As many as fortypressgangs were at work, seizing all able-bodied men they could lay hands on.
Sometimes severe fights took place between the pressgangs and the kidnappers for possession of those who had been seized, the law and police being apparently powerless to protect them.
The pressgangs brought in poor creatures whom the captains described as a useless rabble.
The pressgangs were now set vigorously to work, and, though there was a constant drain of desertions to contend with, the numbers on board the ships at Chatham and in the lower Thames rose day by day.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pressgangs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
