Sentence example with the word 'astern'

astern

a rebours, abaft, after, anticlockwise, ass-backwards, back, backwards, counterclockwise, fro, hindwards, rear, rearwards, widdershins

Definition adv. stern foremost or backward

Last update: October 30, 2015


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As the moon rose they were able to make out three craft astern of them.   [Please select]

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There was much shouting and noise heard astern, and then the creaking of blocks.   [Please select]

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They will not be able to see us if we are twenty fathoms astern.   [Please select]

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"Not a thing; of course the Bellevite is astern of us," added Beeks.   [Please select]

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"The guard-boat must be about a mile astern of me," added Christy.   [Please select]

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"That shark when he came astern fouled that heavy line on the propeller."   [Please select]

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