Example Sentences

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“We will slew round one of our guns, and run it through the after port, Griffiths,” said the captain.

From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James

Has any man yet heard of a father who of his own will slew his children?

From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio

If you try to get the sea anchor aboard from a cockpit the bus will slew to the side and I’ll never be able to keep her headed into the wind.”

From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel