Sentence example with the word 'waterspouts'

waterspouts

Last update: November 1, 2015


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Franklin wrote a paper on the causes of earthquakes for his Gazette of the 15th of December 1737; and he eagerly collected material to uphold his theory that waterspouts and whirlwinds resulted from the same causes.   [Please select]

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"Well, then, let us away to the waterspouts," cried Jack, going up to the bower for his bow and arrows.   [Please select]

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Soon after sailing, while becalmed, two or three waterspouts were seen, which seemed terrible, as it was impossible to get out of their way.   [Please select]

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Leaving this harbour, the _Resolution_ sailed for Queen Charlotte's Sound, encountering on the way no less than six waterspouts of unusual size.   [Please select]

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No doubt the vessels of the present day are larger and stronger than formerly, and perhaps waterspouts have become smaller.   [Please select]

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All he did--in fact, all he had time to do--was to call Third Mate Lorentzen, also an expert in waterspouts.   [Please select]

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This is rather far north for waterspouts so early in the year.   [Please select]

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Doubtless many of my readers have heard of the dreadful encounters of vessels with waterspouts, when the ship escaped destruction by firing a cannon-ball into the waterspout, thus causing it to break apart.   [Please select]

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At any rate, we could not conceive any other reason for these strange waterspouts, and as this seemed a very simple and probable one, we forthwith adopted it.   [Please select]

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