Sentence examples for boats calling from inspiring English sources

As a defense against this new fast threat, Britain deployed oversized torpedo boats, calling them torpedo boat destroyers.

One of Mr. Boulis's opponents, Steve Welsch, president of the Hollywood North Beach Association, had tried to put an end to his casino boats, calling them a disruption to the area's beachfront neighborhood.

Small double-ended boats called sandals are also used.

Whales were hunted by using larger boats called umiaks.

Mr. Rezwan designed the schools by modifying traditional Bangladeshi wooden boats called noka.

In Zhejiang Province, between Fujian and Shanghai, 505,000 others were evacuated and 35,000 boats called in.

Campers aged 10 to 15 use small, fiberglass single-sail boats called Dyer Dhows.

The visiting superyachts dwarf the local fishermen's boats, called les pointus due to their, well, pointed shape.

Boats call into the town of Mawleik, travelling through thick jungle and gorges, with stops at remote temples and pagodas.

Under the new system, New England's groundfish catch, mainly cod and haddock, is divided among co-operative groups of boats called sectors.

Totora reeds, which grow on the shores of Lake Titicaca, are used for thatching, feeding livestock, and making the Indian boats called balsas.