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Example sentences for "rough weather"

  • At fist we were somewhat afraid o' the landin' in rough weather, but we've got used to that now.

  • The embarking of "Long Forsyth" was always a scene in rough weather, and many a narrow escape had he of a ducking.

  • In calm weather, it creeps up my legs, and the legs o' the forge too, till it gradually puts out the fire, and in rough weather it sends up a wave sometimes that sweeps the whole concern black out at one shot.

  • The people of these two little hamlets train powerful dogs, which, in rough weather, swim out through the surf, catch the painters thrown to them and thus enable the fishing-boats to be dragged ashore.

  • Among its 468 different species is the Sargasso or Gulf-weed, sprays of which are sometimes thrown ashore after rough weather.

  • Trunks of oak and other trees, from a submerged forest not far from land, are sometimes thrown ashore here after rough weather.

  • The bay being very exposed, the fishermen train Newfoundland dogs to swim out to boats in rough weather, and take the "painter" ashore.

  • Seal Ledge: breaks in rough weather) is thought to be poor ground and is but little fished, although it is a fall haddock ground.

  • The following is the entry on my journal for that day:--"Rough weather, with the wind fresh from the N.

  • It was blowing half a gale of wind, and it remained to be proved whether the Alabama was as much to be dreaded in rough weather as in smooth.

  • Having no wish to run the risk of being detained at the island by rough weather, we did not attempt the passage.

  • In rough weather, the noise made by the sea dashing against its sides and rushing through the crevices of the rocks, is said to be heard at Quimper, a distance of twenty-one miles.

  • At night these excursions have a strange, unreal effect, and our boarding officer used to say that when climbing up a merchantman's side in rough weather he felt like some character in a pirate story.

  • Here the weather is altogether different, frequent blizzards are attended by rough weather, with heavy seas off the entrance, and it is far colder.

  • Be cautious about leaning over the taffrail or stern at any time, and especially in rough weather, as the ship may "jump from under you" without the least warning, and drop you in the sea.

  • If her side is rather low, washboards fixed along the top of the gunwale will be found advantageous in rough weather.

  • At first we were somewhat afraid o' the landin' in rough weather, but we've got used to that now.

  • The first was with the Protector manoeuvring in rough weather in Long Island Sound off Bridgeport in 1903.

  • It is this reserve of buoyancy which causes the vessel to rise with the seas in rough weather.

  • The larger the circular area of this screw is the less will be the risk of "smashing" the water, or of losing hold of it entirely in rough weather.

  • As a matter of experience, the waves on an ocean coast are usually running faster than the wind, and, being so much more numerous in calm than they are in rough weather, they maintain comparatively a uniform sum total of energy.

  • They are magnificent in times of rough weather.

  • The two headlands are grandly lashed by breaking waves in rough weather, while the interlying beach is swept with great rolling breakers.

  • The harbourage is good, but rather difficult to make in rough weather; south-westerly winds drive the seas fiercely against its mouth.

  • As Harlyn Bay has become popular for picnic parties from Padstow and elsewhere, this old necropolis often resounds with laughter and merry-making; but in winter and in rough weather it is left to its own solemnity.

  • In the centre of the turret there are two cylinders, the one fitting over the other in a manner which keeps the whole steady even in rough weather.

  • As may be supposed, these canoes are often upset in rough weather; but as the South Sea islanders are expert swimmers, they generally manage to right their canoes and scramble into them again.


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