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Example sentences from the Web for mooringsIf, however, our religion implicates itself in a political cause, it links its credibility to the most transient of moorings. The Illusory Promise of Apolitical Theology|David Sessions|June 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST No surprise, then, that having slipped the moorings of a common reality it slipped the moorings of a common decency as well. How British Tabloids Lost Their Way|Howard Jacobson|July 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Sometimes it seemed as if she were tugging at her moorings, longing to be off on the long, long cruise. Through the South Seas with Jack London|Martin Johnson Slowly the gallant ship come round the breakwater to her moorings. New Zealanders at Gallipoli|Major Fred Waite
The gale having blown offshore, the boat had dragged her moorings, and was so far out that Ready could not get at her. Masterman Ready|Captain Frederick Marryat So he went to his ship, and made haste to free her from her moorings. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past|Nora Kershaw In the sunlit calms, riding at our moorings, much we discussed eternity and creation. The Reckoning|Robert W. Chambers
pl nnautical the ropes, anchors, etc, used in mooring a vessel (sometimes singular) something that provides security or stability Words nearby mooringsmoorhen, mooring, mooring buoy, mooring mast, mooring rack, moorings, mooring screw, Moorish, Moorish idol, moorland, moorwort Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mooringsberth, wharf, harbor, anchorage, dock, station, marina, pier, port |