Sentences with astern
a·stern
A a - The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.
- At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
- James Nitties, three shots astern of Tiger Woods, plays an approach shot on the 17th hole at Kingston Heath yesterday.
- Three hours later, Loick Peyron, 29, aboard Lada Poch, in third place 130 nautical miles astern of Fleury Michon when the emergency developed, arrived.
- Full speed astern!
- A keg bobbed up astern
- The calm green water astern boiled in a swirling mass of whirlpools.
- “Voyager was roughly half a mile astern of Melbourne so that when the carrier reversed her course it was necessary for her escort to transfer her position.
- Full speed astern
- He signalled the engineroom to go astern: in other words, to run the engine in such a way as to put the ship beyond the present position of her stern, as viewed from aboard.
- Last night, there was a group of yachts 30 nautical miles astern of the leaders.
- The cutter was following close astern.
- The steamer went astern at half speed.