general quarters
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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After midnight on my second voyage, I was asleep when the alarm for general quarters woke me.
From The Verge • Aug. 25, 2022
Bob Hill was laying in his rack when he heard general quarters sound, sending the crew to their battle stations.
From Fox News • Sep. 22, 2018
“At general quarters, you had to have your life vest. They had regular small boats picking you up.”
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2017
We were on the Liberty Ship SS John A. Treutlen and soon after I took on the role of being a loader on the gun, general quarters was sounded.
From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2014
Jarvis stretched himself as luxuriously as he could in the cramped general quarters of the Ares.
From A Martian Odyssey by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman
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