Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use slipway in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word slipway? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The cruiser fleet was refloated at the club slipway on Good Friday last and the masts were stepped on Saturday morning.
It also wants to see the slipway at Westport Quay being better utilised than at present.
The slipway is seen as a serious hazard to vessels navigating in the East Basin.
At the moment crews launch their boat on the public slipway in Tolsey Lane and take it through the lock to reach the Severn.
Alexander was unattainable for he took command of moving the ship down the makeshift slipway toward the tidal flats.
I am told that a fisherman of more than 70 summers was repairing his boat on the slipway of a little Northern port much used by divers.
One by one they were released into the River Stour from the jetty by the sailing club near the slipway at Quay Street.
For launching use the slipway at Falmouth Watersports Centre or take off from the beach at Maenporth or Porthoustock, on the Lizard.
On their way to the scene the divers had discovered the body of a man floating near the slipway.
Other suggestions included a facility for boat repair, a slipway, more car parking in the area and a small boat marina.
You will not be able to use a marina or slipway without third-party liability protection in case you cause an accident.
Sounds of voices barking instructions competed with the rattle of chains as the boat and cradle were lowered down the slipway.
This one moved with startling speed to capture a shore crab that was walking across the stone wall of a slipway.
In December the Council raised the vessel, with the use of airbags, then towed it to a slipway before pumping it out.
The vessel was floated by the flooding of the dry dock, rather than from a slipway.
They alerted the coastguards and an area around the slipway of the pier was cordoned off.
Strong winds and low tides kept the ship on the slipway for an extra 24 hours.
Penzance harbour has an excellent slipway for launching, with a large car park adjacent.
These volunteers spent a few hours removing the sand from the footpath and clearing the seaweed from the slipway leading onto the beach.
These are cut up on the town slipway and their meat sold at dawn to housewives and local traders.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
Then she drew him away, over stock and stone, in a slanting path to the slipway, where the people stood like a wall.
Master Calvin, seated astride the low wall above the slipway, almost rolled off his perch with laughter.
Rosewarne could not challenge him without raising the whole question of the slipway.
A motor-boat left the slipway, and we were towed ingloriously ashore at about 11 o'clock.
When we are alongside they walk out to us in their waterproof thigh-boots and carry me on to the slipway.
In the slipway vacated by the olus a second class cruiser, to be named the Hermione, will be laid down forthwith.
At ten minutes to seven we sighted land and twenty minutes after we were resting on the water in front of Yarmouth slipway.
Chris Cummin was playing on the slipway at Hendon Beach, Sunderland, when a wave swept 13-year-old Mark Langton into the water on Monday.
There is a repairing slipway accommodating vessels of 800 tons.
The sailing club confirmed that the tractor, which is used to help tow vessels out of the water, had fallen off the slipway but was safely recovered.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
7-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024