Sentence examples for pulling away from the dock from inspiring English sources

When, pulling away from the dock in Fuling at the end of his Peace Corps term, Hessler looks back at the city and wonders if he'll see it again, you realize with a shock that he's not just being sentimental.

Last year, in her capacity as a co-chair of the New York City Water Trail Association, Brous began collating the complaints of other paddlers that the myriad ferryboats using the river routinely failed to toot their horns before pulling away from the dock, in defiance of maritime law, specifically Inland Navigation Rule 34.

Four hours later we're pulling away from the dock and sunset begins to work its magic.

When pulling away from the dock, it is important to understand that unlike a car, the stern of the boat is pushed to one side or the other, whereas a car's pivot point is in the front.

"I'm not putting my worm on the hook," said Shawnet, 11, of Uniondale, scrunching her nose, primping and giggling with her campmate Nichelle Raymond, as the 72-foot boat pulled away from the dock and headed for Reynolds Channel.

All eyes were trained on a blue-and-yellow 30-foot muscle boat called Pussy Cat as it pulled away from the dock with the roar of a tsunami.

Having gallantly given up her lover, Carla looks back at him from the rail of a ship as it pulls away from the dock and into the night; she sings "One Day When We Were Young," with its haunting English lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, as the ship slowly merges with the darkness, and Strauss realizes what he has lost.

IT is a recurring motif in deodorant advertisements that no matter how stressful the situation — sprinting to jump onto the ferry as it pulls away from the dock, pointing to a chart during the big sales presentation — the product keeps you dry and fresh.

Boarding a cruise ship imparts an instantaneous sense of getaway, a deep Ahhhhh, even before you've pulled away from the dock.

The accident took place near Lamma Island shortly after one of the ferries had pulled away from the dock, loaded with more than 120 people on a company outing to watch a fireworks display in Victoria Harbour in celebration of China's National Day and mid-autumn festival.

As I pulled away from the dock, the clouds began to break up.