Sentence examples for anchor drop from inspiring English sources

Chain is more expensive and takes more effort to use, but won't be fouled by strong currents and helps the anchor drop to the bottom quickly.

The drill rig was being towed to a new location Friday when the anchor dropped into water 440 feet deep.

A crude-oil slick fouled the Gulf of Mexico today after an underwater pipeline was ruptured by an eight-ton anchor dropped accidentally from a drilling rig.

The other anchor dropped yesterday at ABC's "Good Morning America," when Kevin Newman was named to replace Charles Gibson, who has been co-anchor for the last 11 years and is said to be eager to move on to a new role.

Maxwell ordered the anchor dropped to prevent the ship from slipping into deeper water, an undesirable situation if the hull had been breached, which indeed turned out to be the case.

He then ordered the anchor dropped to stop the ship's rolling and pitching with little effect making it no easier for the rescue boats to get close enough to receive her crew.

For anchors that have a large longitudinal spacing, the strains in the sheet behind the first row of anchors dropped significantly.

Also the maximal number of multigenes in one strain and in one non-anchor dropped from 17 in the consolidation graph to 3 in the refined consolidation graph.

Bruner talked about how the crew on the Arizona, which he'd joined in 1939, would make wagers on what time the anchor would drop.

Like a boat that comes about though its anchor is dropped.

Brookfield Properties, a bidder without an anchor tenant, dropped out last month.