Sentence examples for from shipwreck from inspiring English sources

The Eastern footholds were expensive to maintain, and frequent mishaps to vessels of the Indian fleets, from shipwreck or enemies, reduced gains.

She speaks with a British accent and is descended, like all humans on the island, from shipwreck victims over the centuries.

In writing this memorable book, she has talked to the Sicilians who fish drowning Africans from shipwreck, and to the priests who care for Mexicans trying to cross America's high-fenced southern borders.

Any change in attitudes would strengthen the great new cross-party alliance trying to steer us to a soft landing and save us from shipwreck on the rocks of the Brexit fanatics.

Many of today's Bermudans are even descended from shipwreck survivors.

Similar reports have come from shipwreck survivors, of suffering small, clean, deep bites during nighttime.

Timbers retrieved from shipwrecks had to be blessed before being incorporated into the church in 1876.

All three should be familiar to Penguin Rep audiences, Mr. Arkema and Mr. Hauck from "Shipwrecked!

Among the sculptures are vitrines displaying extravagantly encrusted objects that seem to have been hauled up from shipwrecks.

But Europe's approach in the Mediterranean is clearly inadequate; hundreds might have been saved from shipwrecks in April had it kept up spending on maritime rescue.

The predominance among them of fair complexions and light-coloured eyes has given rise to the speculation that they are descended from shipwrecked European sailors.