Sentence examples for a flotilla from from inspiring English sources

Rebel forces even advanced on Tripoli by boat, arranging a flotilla from the town of Misurata in an operation the rebels called Mermaid Dawn.

The United States announced plans two weeks ago for a multinational anti-piracy coalition, and a flotilla from the European Union began patrols in the gulf last month.

The BBC's new docu-drama series, Armada, opened last night with visual reenactments of all the hoary tropes of Elizabethan storytelling: a beleaguered isle, led by a vacillating queen; plucky English sailors knocking together a flotilla from the few planks of driftwood and some Vaseline; wordless, faceless Spaniards, bearing down with dark crucifixes upon their captives as instruments of torture.

Earlier, Randy Schleger, owner of the Pussy Cat, lounged at a table with a large group of friends who had sped over in a small flotilla from Sag Harbor and Westhampton.

In other events: A flotilla of ships from the Allied nations led by HMS Bulwark sailed from Portsmouth to Normandy on Thursday.

Especially after Israel attacked an aid flotilla from Turkey, the relationship has been frosty.

Rick Warren's "The Purpose-Driven Life", which has sold more than 11m copies, is being used to launch a flotilla of products from devotional volumes to scripture cards.

As the Guardian reported, British special forces, with those from other countries, including Qatar, and rebel commanders have been planning "Mermaid Dawn" for weeks: a carefully worked out assault on Tripoli involving co-ordinated action by Nato bombers, rebel sleeper cells, and a flotilla of boats from Misrata.

A flotilla of warships from Nato countries are making Cardiff their home for the duration of the Newport summit.

Nigel Farage, the face of an evil crow whittled into a red bowling pin, is leading a flotilla of boats from Southend to Westminster, and I am tagging a long with a secretive posse – known only as "The In Crowd" – who are going at him with dinghies in protest.

A year and a half ago, the Israeli navy stopped a Turkish-sponsored flotilla from going to Gaza, killing nine activists aboard.