Sentence Examples

1. John was a small distance away, dead at the foot of the table where he had been playing cards, an ugly incision at the nape of his neck visible as his body lay over the scattered sticky deck.
2. The steamer rolled but little, the ladies, in fresh toilets, reappeared on deck, and the singing and dancing were resumed.
3. Minuscule sailors hauled ropes on the deck while gulls wheeled overhead.
4. When she answered a phone call, I wandered onto the massive wrap around deck.
5. He was pleased, on the day after leaving Suez, to find on deck the obliging person with whom he had walked and chatted on the quays.
6. Her shining copper sheathing, her galvanised iron-work, her deck, white as ivory, betrayed the pride taken by John Bunsby in making her presentable.
7. Passepartout remained on deck as long as the tempest lasted, being unable to remain quiet below, and taking it into his head to aid the progress of the ship by lending a hand with the crew.
8. Excusing myself from the salon, I found my way to the upper deck where Jason stood alone manning the helm.
9. She brought an unusual number of passengers, some of whom remained on deck to scan the picturesque panorama of the town, while the greater part disembarked in the boats, and landed on the quay.
10. Richard was still seated alone at the dais when Jack stepped up and lowered himself into a chair next to him, pulling from his pocket a deck of cards.