These horrid tompions and their adjuncts went flying on to their decks, from which every one scampered in confusion.
The French captain, with the courtesy of his nation, took the mishap most good-humouredly, begging me to return the tompions to my captain, as they had no occasion for them.
Then all hands were called to quarters, while we pursued in chase, With well prim'd guns, our tompions out, well spliced the main brace.
Not until October did a United States vessel again knock the tompions from her guns, and give battle to an enemy.
Our task was soon done; the tompions were got out, the guns cast loose, ammunition was brought up, and a stand of grape was put in over the shot in every piece in both batteries.
Our guns had all been primed, levelled, and had their tompions taken out the night before, in readiness to repel any assault that might be made.
Concluding the frigate to be a merchant-man, the Alert bore down on her; while the Americans went to quarters and cleared for action, although the tompions were left in the guns, and the ports kept closed.
Thereupon Porter put up his helm and opened as soon as his guns would bear, tompions and all.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tompions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
