Sentence examples for in the rigging from inspiring English sources

You can clamber up and down it like a monkey in the rigging.

For instance, strain gauges calculate the stretch in the wires or ropes in the rigging and sails.

Grabiner had previously made a separate investigation into the Bank's role in the rigging of foreign exchange markets.

The searchlights shifted so their beams hit plastic mirrors in the rigging over the stage and were reflected back.

Transporting it to Stanford required a dozen wide-body flatbed trucks and specialists in the rigging of objects on this massive scale.

There is a lot of guff talked about targeting leaders, as if the opposition are sharp shooters in the rigging of a man o'war.

"Look up there, look up there," Mary says, and points to a sailor who is busy high up in the rigging.

Despite the construction frenzy, constraints in the rig market could last several more years.

"The danger is if gas trapped in the rig explodes,", he said.

"Here there are 11 dead, 11 too many, in the rig explosion.

"Talk about pollution," he coughs as he is enveloped in the rig's thick, black smoke.