| Sometimes the hackled wave raised, drew back its lip, sheered its teeth, coughed its raw guttural. |
| For an instant it looked as if the keel had sheered off and the ship would go down like a lump of lead. |
| The helmsman maintained that course for over 15 minutes, until the vessel struck bottom and sheered to starboard. |
| The scaffolding from a building that was being repaired from Ivan was sheered off and tossed into a nearby visitor center. |
| The pilot had the conduct of the vessel and executed the necessary speed changes and course orders until the vessel sheered initially to port. |
| As both vessels came within sight of one another, the Stellanova sheered a second time, this time to starboard. |
