Harbour

"Harbour" in a Sentence (16 examples)

The lost fishing boat made a safe return to harbour.

He is not the brightest light in the harbour.

The enemy warships bombed our warehouses in the harbour.

The ship anchored in the harbour and unloaded its goods.

The police found Tom's body floating in the harbour.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Ships are safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships are for.

Ships are safe in harbour, but they were never meant to stay there.

Then we kissed the little maiden, And we spoke in better cheer, And we anchored safe in harbour When the morn was shining clear.

"But hence, and seek the palace of the queen. / Glad news I bear thee, of thy comrades brought, / the North-wind shifted and the skies serene; / thy ships have gained the harbour which they sought, / else vain my parents' lore the augury they taught."

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In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.

The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.

The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.

Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.

Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.

If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break

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