Sentence examples for heavy seas from inspiring English sources

In heavy seas it sprang a leak.

The search continued in heavy seas, Petty Officer Sperduto said.

By high winds and heavy seas were still preventing crewmen from boarding to check for damage.

But her plating groaned in heavy seas, and water sloshed almost continually over the afterdeck.

The heavy seas flung trunks and "huge iron safes" from side to side.

He continued to draw whenever he could, mostly on deck in sun or heavy seas.

Heavy seas prevented the boat from venturing into other inlets of the Kenai Fjords National Park.

No one was onboard when the rig's tow line snapped in heavy seas.

They were the victims of heavy seas and winds, one of their landing craft having sunk on the way in.

Miss Dekker's latest run-in with the Dutch authorities came as she was battling heavy seas on her Atlantic crossing.

The submarine sank without loss of life in heavy seas off Mobile Bay while seeking to attack the enemy.