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Example sentences for "ships from"

  • The annual visits of the Company's ships from France, however, temporarily disturbed the calm of the monastic city.

  • Within a year or so, Quebec was again on the verge of starvation; and in the spring of 1629 the famished inhabitants were eagerly awaiting the Company's ships from France.

  • To prevent Toolajee's ships from escaping, the Bridgewater, Kingsfisher, and Revenge were sent to blockade the place till the expedition was ready to start.

  • Mr. Bourchier was urged to summon the King's ships from Madras to co-operate with the Peishwa's forces.

  • Before negotiating the strait, ships from Europe, fatigued by a long voyage, require succour and shelter.

  • Governor King, too, writing to the Governor of Bombay in 1802, sent him a chart of the strait, and pointed out that the discovery would "greatly facilitate the passage of ships from India to this colony.

  • The latter, however, were rather bent on the relief of the distressed Chians, and accordingly put out to sea and sailed with all their ships from Rhodes.

  • The reason no doubt was the same that often prevented sailing-ships from pressing an advantage,--disability from crippled spars and rigging, added to the inexpediency of such inferior numbers risking a decisive action.

  • With so much already on hand, it was found impossible to spare troops or ships from England.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ships from" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    again came; armed ship; being pressed; could say; curious specimen; divine mission; done under the sun; even unto; foot deep; geographical science; gilt tops; marginal utility; one for; right bank; shall seem; ships engaged; ships from; ships subject; ships were; step forward; that end; there must; thinks himself; time past; who should