Sentence examples for down anchor from inspiring English sources

A trader of the period commented: "In every port where [merchant vessels] put down anchor, they jump ship and leave behind their duties and occupations, absenting themselves in anticipation of the liberties and uncertain riches of Potosí and other mining centres".

As its ship, the Aurora Australis, put down anchor, news came through that the vessels it left stuck in ice three days ago had finally broken free.

"We put down anchor during the Euros - now, with this long run of guerrilla raids every Tuesday night, we can help build a free thinking fan-based nation.

The crew threw down anchors, but for some time, they struggled to catch on the ground, Mr. Walle said.

The Mets could be that rare club never to go up or down, anchoring the middle class from wire to wire.

The provision of tie-down anchor bolts increased the shear strength by almost 15% but has no significant contribution to the shear stiffness.

Our project proposes a top-down anchor operation as an experiment to activate the landscape of Wadi Yutum Alluvial Fan for a bottom-up inhabitation that coexist with the natural water flow, rethinking water and sediment as valuable assets for urbanization.

Such systems are assembled with angle brackets and hold-downs, anchored to the wall and floor panels with profiled nails and bolts.

Under particular scrutiny are mobile homes, many of which were blown to bits despite a 1999 rule requiring stronger "tie-downs," anchors that latch mobile homes to the ground.

To be fair, the price of a truck needs to cover a bunch of things the financial engineers in Stuttgart, Germany — hometown of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche — don't have to worry about: massive engines, a lot more steel and aluminum, tie-down anchors, bumper steps and LED lights.

There have been plenty of ups and downs: anchoring the fight against Nazi Germany on the one hand, and becoming embroiled in a debilitating Southeast Asian war on the other, not to mention championing a global human-rights agenda while failing to ensure basic freedoms for minority Americans.