| Like a sailing barque stuck fast in the Doldrums, I lurch slowly in the swell, holding my breath and waiting for a wind to fill the sails. |
| The town crier, in trying to ring out the Prince's arrival, found the clapper of his bell stuck fast. |
| The ship struck the Tricolor at 7.30 yesterday evening and became stuck fast. |
| The 264 ft ship with her 42 ft beam just missed the lighthouse, but the wind and waves drove her high on the rocks, where she stuck fast. |
| At about nine o'clock, the first vehicle topped a ridge, hit a patch of soft sand and stuck fast. |
| While she was there, aged 16, she watched whaling boats set out on the North Sea, and heard reports of one becoming stuck fast in the ice. |
