Sentence example with the word 'luffing'

luffing

Last update: September 13, 2015


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Luffing, he edged nearer, handling his craft as though intending to ram the larger vessel, foot by foot shortening the little interval.   [Please select]

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After luffing to pick him up, the brigantine had been again pulled off on the port tack.   [Please select]

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"I know he is; but in the other race, he lost half his time by luffing up in a squall."   [Please select]

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Luffing up into the wind to check his own headway, he made out a second ship in the darkness alongside his next astern.   [Please select]

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A fierce action now ensued for an hour and a-half, when, as the _Blanche_, shooting ahead, was in the act of luffing up to rake the _Pique_, her main and mizen-masts fell over the side.   [Please select]

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