Sentence examples for pair of boats from inspiring English sources

A PAIR of boats are anchored just past the edge of a dock that juts out from Cité Soleil, a vast slum in Haiti's capital.

He would leave his unflappable deputy, Frank Wild, in charge of a luxurious camp: twenty-two men huddled under a pair of boats..

In the waters by his summer place in Southwest Harbor, Me., Weg keeps a pair of boats -- one power, one sail -- created nearby at the legendary Hinckley Company boatyard.

The German Imperial Navy subsequently ordered an additional pair of boats to replace two sold to Austria-Hungary, who ordered a further three boats in April 1915.

Bulgarian sailors practiced in the pair of boats and technicians were sent to Kiel for training at the German submarine school there.

A pair of boat-billed flycatchers, exchanging loud, rasping calls, perch on a lamp-post.

There are times when you laugh or gasp in disbelief at what has just happened — an old man punches a teenager in the face; a young girl utters an outrageous obscenity; Mr. Clooney slips on a pair of boat shoes and runs, like an angry, flightless bird, to a neighbor's house — and yet every moment of the movie feels utterly and unaffectedly true.

Start out with a few pairs of quality pants (dark-wash denim, corduroy, knit trousers, or chinos), some nice polos or Oxford shirts in neutral colors, a classic cardigan or cable-knit sweater, a jacket that fits (such as a trench coat or pea coat), and a solid pair of boat shoes or ballet flats.

The ships were equipped with several boats, including a pair of picket boats, a launch, a pinnace, two cutters, two yawls, and two dinghies.

For the record #1: I have four pairs of boat shoes, though two of those pairs are the same, white Sperry Topsiders.

During the maneuvers, Gefion, a pair of torpedo boats, and a salvage ship searched for the wrecked torpedo boat in Jammer Bay on 28 August.