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Example sentences for "steamed"

Lexicographically close words:
stealthy; steam; steamboat; steamboating; steamboats; steamer; steamers; steaming; steams; steamship
  1. The unloading of supplies ended abruptly, and ships still half-full steamed away.

  2. Scott’s mission was to protect an approaching reinforcement convoy and he steamed toward Cactus at flank speed eager to engage.

  3. Cape of Good Hope and steamed into the anchorage at Simon's Town, which we reached at about 4.

  4. Each ship fought her starboard broadside, and steamed in a circle to keep that side to the enemy.

  5. The steamer, after firing a gun, stopped the further progress of the barque, several boats were sent to her, and after that the barque stood out to sea again, and the Alabama steamed into Table Bay.

  6. Having burned the Neapolitan, I steamed in for Gibraltar at 2.

  7. We passed outside of the harbour a little before sunset, and held on to the light until midnight, when we steamed for the Strait of Gibraltar.

  8. Mr. Lancaster meantime had steamed up to the Kearsarge, requesting permission to assist in saving life, and he was soon among them, throwing lines from the yacht, and picking up many exhausted men in his boats.

  9. I got under weigh immediately, and steamed with all speed in the direction indicated.

  10. I steamed directly for the Alabama, but she was enabled by her great speed and the foulness of the bottom of the Hatteras, and consequently her diminished speed, to thwart my attempt when I had gained a distance of but thirty yards from her.

  11. Captured her, and steamed to the second, which in like manner refused to show colours.

  12. American-looking ships ahead, at anchor; steamed up to the first, which refused to show colours.

  13. Steamed due east, about forty-five miles, let the steam go down, and put the ship under sail.

  14. It was this state of mind through the whole crew which caused the excitement on board the Alabama when the Kearsarge steamed in and out of the breakwater.

  15. When the opportunity offered, he steamed out into a rough sea and a fierce north wind.

  16. On the 18th of June she left New Orleans and steamed down and anchored near the mouth of the river.

  17. Before an answer was received, the Kearsarge steamed into the harbor, sent a boat ashore, and then ran out and took her station off the breakwater.

  18. When her armament and stores had been put on board, she steamed from the harbor out to the open sea, where she was to be christened and put in commission.

  19. Captain Semmes steamed quite close to the Hatteras and asked if he had surrendered; then, if he was in want of assistance.

  20. Slowly--about five knots an hour--he steamed down to the roads.

  21. He, after searching in vain for some little time, steamed for the Kentish Knock, and when half-way to it saw the Deutschland on that sandbank.

  22. He then steamed to the latter, and was misinformed (unintentionally) regarding the locality of the wreck.

  23. The ship's course was accordingly shaped for home, the fore and mizen stay-sails were set, and she steamed along moderately at the rate of five or six knots.

  24. On the fourth morning the steamers arrived, and having received on board the royal mummies, steamed down the stream en route for the Boolak Museum.

  25. August 15th the Fram steamed off, with sails set, through Sneerenburg Bay and out to sea.

  26. We tried blasting with ordinary gunpowder, and later with gun-cotton, and time after time we steamed full speed against the smaller floes that blocked the strait, but without effect.

  27. When steam was up we steamed through the pool, where I had found a good berth for the ship.

  28. It was on September 9th that the Fram steamed up Christiania Fjord and met with such a reception as a prince might have envied.

  29. Nansen and Johansen at Tromsoe, passed to the north of Skjaervoe, and steamed south.

  30. Again Yankee rockets betrayed her manreuvre to the Iroquois; but she gained Aux Abymes, laid herself close to the enormous black cliff, and there remained indistinguishable; the Iroquois steamed by north without seeing her.

  31. But one night the privateer took a creole pilot on board, and steamed out southward, with all her lights masked, and her chimneys so arranged that neither smoke nor sparks could betray her to the enemy in the offing.

  32. The Golden Age was afterward partially repaired at Quicara, pumped out, and steamed to Panama, when, after further repairs, she resumed her place in the line.

  33. We steamed up to Fort Henry, the river being high and in splendid order.

  34. She steamed up, and to its commander the cavalry turned over the battery at Haines's Bluff, and rejoined me in front of Vicksburg.

  35. We accordingly steamed down, and regained our camps on the 27th.

  36. Now came an aide from General Gillmore, at Port Royal, with your cipher-dispatch from Midway, so I steamed down to Port Royal to see him.

  37. We accordingly steamed down the Ogeechee River to Ossabaw Sound, in hopes to meet Admiral Dahlgren, but he was not there, and we continued on by the inland channel to Warsaw Sound, where we found the Harvest Moon, and Admiral Dahlgren.

  38. On the evening of the 18th I steamed down to Stono to see how matters were going there.

  39. The Dandelion steamed up some three or four miles, till the lights of Fort McAllister could be seen, when she anchored, and we pulled to the fort in our own boat.

  40. I steamed round quickly, and soon got into the city, threading the streets with a large group of naval captains who had joined me.

  41. Colonel Newcomb waved them farewell, the faithful and valiant Canby opened the throttle, and the train steamed away.

  42. They steamed the entire day without interruption.

  43. Now and then small bands of Confederate skirmishers sent rifle shots from high points along the bank toward the fleet, but they did no damage and the ships steamed steadily on.

  44. At midnight we were rowed back to the boat, with all the poetry knocked out of the isle of Sappho, hoisted anchor, and steamed away.

  45. It was dark when they had finished, and when we steamed out of the harbor we had seven hundred patches of poverty piled up on the deck.

  46. And then they headed back and went aboard the gunboat, and pretty soon she steamed off.

  47. We gave three whistles and dipped the ensign to our navy friends, and for the rest of that day and night, and all next day and night, we steamed through the straits toward the Pacific.

  48. The Angelus was ringing as the Miramar steamed out into the mist.

  49. While the departure of the Barcelona boat lures all Palma to the mole, only a handful of spectators was assembled when, at noon on the 8th of April, the Lulio steamed westwards.

  50. As we steamed up its length the trim fortifications recalled certain of our own naval and military stations, notably Portsmouth.

  51. His great chest swelled with his effort, the muscles of his neck knotted, sweat steamed down his face.

  52. Hotter and hotter it grew as we advanced; the air steamed like a Turkish bath.

  53. Sitting on the wood sled at a safe distance, Jeff watched the chopping with alert interest, while the old sorrel dreamed with drooping head and steamed in the dry frost.

  54. The bees and flies kept up a soft hum, the very voice of sleep, among the clover blossoms scattered through the grass, and the hot scents of the wild parsnip steamed up over the levels like an unseen incense.

  55. Not a quarter of a mile away, a ferryboat churned the blue water to whip cream foam as it steamed upstream.

  56. Soon the Queen steamed in, her bell signaling a landing.

  57. From the water, the ferryboat looked like an immense monster as it steamed majestically up the river.

  58. Straight on steamed the River Queen, so close now that she could see Sally Barker on the starboard deck.

  59. But they followed me there, and were about to get me, when the River Queen steamed by.

  60. It passed several rapids, and steamed to 21 deg.

  61. Up the Monongahela steamed the little tugs, the barges gliding stealthily in their wake.

  62. The dull reverberations of the guns continued and the crew of the Knat, having been piped to quarters, she steamed in the direction from which the firing seemed to come.

  63. On the following morning Lawless noticed that the Black Diamond left her berth and steamed down the river about an hour before the Mars and her escort were due to leave.

  64. We kept our course, and just as we came abreast of your bogey ship she hauled down her signal lights and steamed away.

  65. Well, as I was saying, as soon as she steamed off I turned the searchlight on her, but could discover nothing of a suspicious nature," continued Trent.

  66. This was speedily carried into effect, and the two transports steamed across the river as the flames burst through the Louisiana's hatchway.

  67. Immediately after the United States flag was hoisted upon the forts, the steamer "Harriet Lane" steamed slowly toward us, and sent a shot over our heads as a summons to haul down the Confederate flag which was then flying at our peak.

  68. Toward night we steamed towards the land, with the expectation of finding smoother water, for the wind continued to blow from the southwest.

  69. Having crossed New Inlet Bar early one morning, she steamed at her best speed towards the blockading-fleet, which kept beyond the range of her guns with much ease.

  70. Towards evening two or three of the blockading fleet stationed off that bar steamed in, and opened fire upon her.

  71. The nitrogen in steamed bone may run as low as 1 per cent, and the phosphoric acid may go up to 30 per cent.

  72. The composition of steamed bone is so widely variable that the name means little, and purchase should be made only on guaranteed analysis.

  73. Steamed bone is an excellent source of phosphoric acid.

  74. When animal bone is boiled or steamed under pressure for removal of the fat and the cartilage, the content of nitrogen is reduced, and the percentage of phosphoric acid is increased by this removal of fat and nitrogenous substance.

  75. The use of some steamed animal bone or high-grade tankage in the mixture helps to prevent caking.

  76. As we steamed through Seaforth Channel, a most tortuous affair, Indians were seen paddling in their huge canoes from one island to another or along the high, rocky shores, a cheering sign of habitation not previously noticed.

  77. Illustration: We Steamed up the Lordly St. John's River of Florida.

  78. There was a chance of reaching her before she steamed out, and that chance I took; but fate was against me again.


  79. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "steamed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    baked; barbecued; coddled; curried; fired; fried; heated; parboiled; roast; scalloped; seared; stewed