Sentence Examples

1. Opposite them, on the other side of the street, between a coal wharf and a petroleum warehouse, a large platform had been erected in the open air, towards which the current of the crowd seemed to be directed.
2. The vessel continued to proceed with all steam on but on the 18th, the engineer, as he had predicted, announced that the coal would give out in the course of the day.
3. Opening the door, the inn welcomed him with smoky air bearing a heavy odour of dampened wool, stale food, and the sea coal that crackled in the fire.
4. Jack smiled, his eyes sparkling with more warmth than the crushed coal.
5. The Mongolia had still sixteen hundred and fifty miles to traverse before reaching Bombay, and was obliged to remain four hours at Steamer Point to coal up.
6. It was loaded to the muzzle but just as the pilot was about to apply a red-hot coal to the touchhole, Mr.
7. The following night they passed through the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, which means in Arabic The Bridge of Tears, and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal.
8. Half an hour later several members of the Reform came in and drew up to the fireplace, where a coal fire was steadily burning.
9. Even though the massive dude was a regular human, he looked like he ate coal for breakfast and crapped diamonds at lunch.
10. In these distant seas, coal is worth three or four pounds sterling a ton.