Sentence examples for empty ships from inspiring English sources

Toyab strokes his beard, "During the independence war I saw Pakistani planes drop bombs on empty ships.

With today's high fuel costs, sending empty ships across the world for dismantling is needlessly expensive, especially if it can be done closer to home.

Petersburg: 300 Troubles," chronicles everything from the filling of the city's port with empty ships (presumably to thwart terrorists) to one man's effort to stop federal officials from encamping a sniper in his apartment.

Although the cancellation would be balance-sheet friendly in the current environment where empty ships are almost literally a dime a dozen DryShips shares plunged 11.3%, or $1.27, to close at $9.96 on Monday.

The operation followed the standard procedure for raising ships in shallow waters: strong cables were attached to the sunken ship and fastened to two empty ships, or hulks.

The Allies hoped the Luftwaffe would show up, attack the empty ships crossing the Channel and be shot out of the sky in a spectacular "Armageddon-of-the-Air".

The outdoor show uses empty shipping containers as temporary exhibit space (and promises food trucks, a dog run, a beer garden and more).

On a dry-erase board, he drew a diagram: the cannons had faced an empty shipping container, which Mudders then had to jog through.

Worker dormitories have been constructed, along with yards for piling up empty shipping containers, whose bright colors are visible for miles across the desert, like stacks of Legos melting in the sun.

There is something immensely tranquil about dozing in a deck chair on an empty ship as the afternoon breezes pick up -- until the ship's horn suddenly violently blasts "When You Wish Upon a Star".

The outposts, often simply a water tower, radio antenna or empty shipping container on a windswept hilltop, have gradually extended the claims of settlers who have built extensive towns in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.