Sentence examples for rear engaging from inspiring English sources

Dance tacked and his lead vessels came to the support of the rear, engaging Marengo at long range.

After a joint Chinese and North Korean assault breached the UN defenses at Chuncheon on New Year's Eve of 1951, the North Korean V Corps attacked the US X Corps at Wonju while the North Korean II Corps harassed US X Corps' rear by engaging in guerrilla warfare.

In 1795, Seymour moved to the recently captured and soon became a rear-admiral, engaging the French at the Battle of Groix.

The parking brake has always been about the most basic piece of hardware in the car -- pull the lever and a cable holds the rear brakes engaged.

Place your right fingertips in the center of your right rear and engage your glutes -- all three of them.

Some cars have a mandatory "line-lock" which prevents the rear brakes from engaging when the brake pedal is depressed (which can be toggled on and off).

Minutes later Magnanime joined the action, firing on the rear frigates and engaging the French van of Immortalité, Loire and Bellone, which had worn out of the line in an attempt to rake her.

Continuing his chase over the next three days, on 28 May Howe's lookouts spotted the French on the eastern horizon slightly to the south, indicating that the French held the weather gage.[Note A] With his enemy visible from the deck of his flagship by 06:30, Howe recalled his frigates and ordered his fleet to press on all sail in the hope of engaging the rear of the scattered French line.

They also spotted another column moving to their rear which quickly engaged F Company with small arms fire.

When the engine revs and the motorcycle's rear tire is engaged with the sculpture, the flywheel begins to spin — first slowly, then faster, eventually gaining fearsome speed.

There's even a rear spoiler, which engages with a flip of the switch inside the cabin or, in Sport modes, extends or retracts depending on the vehicle's speed.