Sentence examples for bow to bow from inspiring English sources

The two massive ships blasted their whistles, attempted a few futile evasive maneuvers and then collided, bow to bow.

They would pass the mornings, bow to bow, exchanging stories in sign language and the broken Japanese that the older Taiwanese men had acquired during the days of the Japanese occupation.The weather could change quickly for the worse.

The boats started even and were bow to bow toward the first windward mark, when a fateful tack to port by Ellison's boat allowed the Swiss entry to separate.

The American boats sailed bow to bow for most of the afternoon, but the fateful moment came on the second downwind leg.

The festivities start with a parade of tugs in the Hudson (accompanied by fireboats), starting at Pier 84, followed by a race, bow-to-bow pushing contests, and other tests of captains' skill and workboat proficiency.

Once there, the tugboats will turn around and race back to Pier 84, where there will be bow-to-bow pushing contests and other challenges.

Assistance from below decks was summoned by a screech whose panicked reediness wiped out all accumulated dad-points, and with my children on barge-pole duty, bow-to-bow contact was restricted to a glancing blow.

The two teams had a bow-to-bow duel on the last upwind leg with the Americans managing to keep their speed up through the finish line while the German team slowed a bit as it glided to the finish.

With bullhorns, two-way radios, 21 patrol boats and as much command presence as they could muster, a handful of officers on the 378-foot Gallatin struggled valiantly to keep order among the bow-to-bow flotilla of pleasure craft clogging New York Harbor during yesterday's Liberty Weekend parade of sail.

I cannot wait to see which team will be advancing to go bow-to-bow (nautical version of head-to-head) against Oracle Team USA.

This is Iolanthe - upside-down: bow, bow, to the lower-middle classes!