Example Sentences

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I glance down to see that my clothes look sailorly as well, although just as worn and frayed as before.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Turning, I espied Sir Richard upon his knees, one hand grasping the tiller sailorly, the other upraised to the glimmering firmament; hereupon I knelt also, joining him in this prayer of thanksgiving.

From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery

Lowe must have felt a pang of remorse when he saw these simple men pouring out in their sailorly and soldierly way tokens of profound sorrow.

From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter

Mate McGaw was a sailorly man and understood how to fit one fact with another.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

Yes," acknowledged Captain Cathie, in reply to a pointed question of Aunt Jannet's respecting the sailorly qualities of his boat, "I'm bound to say she's not exactly what you might call a fast boat.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John