Sentence examples for docked pleasure from inspiring English sources
The Lebanese capital is not exactly known for tranquillity — a cacophony of car horns provides the soundtrack for nearly all strolls here — but on this attractive marina nestled below street level, you could hear the water lapping against the hulls of docked pleasure craft.
But in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the capital, the cruise line evoked harsh criticism when it resumed docking pleasure ships at the resort for frolicking vacationers — just six days after the quake killed as many as 300,000 people, according to Haitian officials, and rendered more than a million homeless.
But there is, behind a chain-link fence in the parking lot, a channel called Shellbank Basin lined on both sides with docks and pleasure craft.
Monterey, docked at Staten Island.
Constitution docked in Boston.
Her collaborators' wish list included a put-in for kayakers, quiet seating areas, bathrooms and perhaps a dock to attract pleasure boats.
The work magnifies the implicitly thrilling grandeur of watching a boat dock, doubles the pleasure and turns it into a duet.
Packed with the biggest entertainment stars, from Houdini to Vesta Tilley (a music hall performer who rose to fame as a male impersonator), with arcade games to amaze and astound, and often built as a docking point for pleasure steamships, the Victorian piers capitalised on their identity as a gateway to another world.
