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Example sentences for "room telegraph"

  • Whitehouse jerked the engine-room telegraph; the propeller thrashed astern; the sails dropped from the yards and were sheeted home.

  • A bell later Marr gave the order for a change of course and reached for the engine-room telegraph.

  • Marr reached for the engine-room telegraph, a bell clanged below, the single screw thrashed the water astern and the Pole Star rounded on a long arc, gliding down the bay to a position off Meigg's Wharf.

  • He lowered these glasses, reached for the engine-room telegraph, and the throbbing of the Pole Star's screws died to a quiver.

  • Moving like a jumping-jack, Dan's right hand reached for the lever of the engine-room telegraph.

  • Tupper stood with hand on the engine-room telegraph.

  • Curtin stood with one hand on the engine-room telegraph, awaiting the order for headway.

  • His hand at the engine-room telegraph, Dan waited, while Ensign Stark watched that periscope through his glass.

  • There was hardly need to use the engine-room telegraph to stop the engines, for they were gradually slowing down.

  • With his hand on the engine-room telegraph, Parker waited in the most keen suspense, and it was not till the forts opened fire and twice nearly struck "No.

  • With his hand on the engine-room telegraph, the captain gave the men at the wheel a course to conform to that of the Lymptania.

  • They must have heard him clearly on the English ship, for we, on our part, could hear the ringing of their engine-room telegraph.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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