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Example sentences for "underway"

Lexicographically close words:
undervalue; undervalued; undervalues; undervaluing; underwater; underwear; underweigh; underweight; underwent; underwood
  1. The less gear and gewgaws she has about her the better, as it means a saving of work at all times, and especially in getting underway and coming to anchor.

  2. When getting underway in a strong wind, do not shorten too much before everything is ready aloft; same when surrounded by other vessels.

  3. Negotiations were underway in 1999 for an extended agreement.

  4. Model education, social, and environment programs in Bhutan are underway with support from multilateral development organizations.

  5. In a moment more we were underway again, galloping due northward, and, as I surmised, toward Hanover Court House.

  6. During much of the trip, I wrote material parts of my report, copied portions of my lists, and managed before dusk, to get fairly underway with my narrative.

  7. That lab just so happened to be the place where heavy work was underway on applications of the artificial intelligence effort of Kenji Asano's Fifth Generation shop.

  8. Matsuo Noda had a program underway to sell futures on a pile of U.

  9. But he didn't breathe a word about having a project underway to locate it.

  10. The work underway here and over at the Mechanical Engineering lab is intended to coordinate all government and private research on industrial robots.

  11. The variety of conceptual efforts underway in the Pentagon to deal with this uncertainty exemplifies this reality.

  12. Particularly in the area of uncooled sensors, commercial developments are underway that promise to drastically reduce the cost of competent IR sensors.

  13. Some of the significant technology advancements underway in this area include multiple wavelength sensors, very large focal planes, and the increasing performance of uncooled sensors.

  14. One of these islands, Tsugen Jima contained the main Japanese outpost, and Jones had a sharp firefight underway before he could extract his men in the darkness.

  15. Consequently he viewed the ground across the James from, and to the west of, Henrico with considerable interest which he translated into action soon after getting his principal settlement underway in 1611.

  16. Evidently his settlement, or plantation, got underway in 1617 and two years later was listed among the populated areas in the Colony.

  17. An' then she got underway and made about a league out to sea, along with the troop ships.

  18. This westerly off the coast should get us underway and past the blockade.

  19. A storm was brewing out to sea, to add to the political storm already underway on the island.

  20. Hoping to be able to surprise and capture these boats, the commander of the Patrick Henry got her underway at 4 o'clock A.

  21. As soon as the Virginia was seen, the James river squadron got underway under all the steam the boilers would bear, and proceeded to join her in her attack on the enemy.

  22. Joint research and development with our allies is underway in solar energy, nuclear power, industrial conservation and other areas.

  23. Programs are underway which will assure we can deter war in the years ahead.

  24. The woman arrived to collect her child and Cade got underway again.

  25. Uh-oh,' thought Cade, getting underway again just as he felt Mandi's gaze locate him.

  26. A few steps later, she turned and said, "Thanks," without explaining why before getting underway again.

  27. Japanese researchers have studied the effects of meditation on brain activity for many years, and now similar studies are also underway in the West.

  28. But a number of court intrigues were underway at the time, and one faction got the idea that Buddhism would be helpful in undermining the Shinto-based ruling clique.

  29. So, when De Guichen approached from the windward side of the islands, on May 9th, he found the British getting underway to meet him.

  30. At yearend 1997, an international effort, spearheaded by the IMF, was underway to shore up reserves and stabilize the economy.

  31. Plans are underway to introduce a new national currency.

  32. Although there is only one major television program, Program I, plans are underway for the transmission of a second program, Program II.

  33. One of the organization's spokesmen claimed that there was not a large-scale project underway anywhere in the country where its troops were not at work.

  34. The cat was in the little hut, and called for Ebe, thinking it would be best if both of them got underway an hour earlier.

  35. After they had been underway for many, many days, they at last reached the lake.

  36. He had not been long underway before it occurred to him to test what the ring could do.


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