marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He next charged that the prize-master had brought her within the marine league after her capture.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
The right of capture does not exist within the marine league.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
She was steering for Flores, and probably, like the Starlight, had her eye on the marine league.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
This was fortunate, for if there had been a brisk breeze blowing, she must have run within the charmed marine league, before we could have overhauled her.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
But they were warned of their danger by some boats, and, the weather being foggy, they got inside the marine league without being seen by the Confederates.
From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Goodrich, Albert M.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
