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Example sentences for "staith"

Lexicographically close words:
stairs; stairway; stairways; stairwell; stait; stake; staked; stakes; staking; stal
  1. A whale, which had stranded upon a sandbank four miles below the harbour, was landed on the common staith at King's Lynn.

  2. A tackle hooked to one of the baulks of timber forming the staith was being hauled at by five women and two men!

  3. Thus, the harmless stranger who strays on to the staith with a camera is obliged to pay for 'an afternoon's 'baccy' if he want an opportunity to obtain more than a snapshot of a picturesque group.

  4. Half an hour's steady tramp brought him and his escort to the staith or quay.

  5. Halfway to the staith they passed the "Pompey's" steam pinnace with a couple of officers and a small party of ladies and children in the stern-sheets.

  6. The boat will be at the staith at six bells--that's three o'clock.

  7. James, used much wax for lights in churches and chapels, and from the profits of the common staith gave alms and fulfilled works of charity.

  8. Once when the capital pledges attempted to secure to the small trader some advantage in landing their goods at a staith where apparently they escaped some city tolls, the governing body promptly repressed their insubordination.


  9. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "staith" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.