Sentence examples for sea to stop from inspiring English sources

So he stared at the sea to stop it.

The King's courtiers had said he was so great he could command the sea to stop.

Writing on King Cnut, Aldersey-Williams makes the point that the king was not being hubristic when he ordered the sea to stop advancing, but proving to his sycophantic ministers that man's power is limited.

Philip started the siege by blockading the city by land and sea to stop attempts to reinforce or supply the city.

Clearly, it will take more than a giant sea creature to stop Ellen MacArthur.

"If 2010 was a wave election," he said, "then right now they're furiously building a sea wall to stop the retreat of that wave".

"We ask not to be left alone, not so much when it comes to emergencies at sea, but to stop the trafficking of human beings".

GAZA/JERUSALEM, July 18 (Reuters) - Israel launched a Gaza ground campaign after 10 days of bombardments from the air and sea failed to stop militants' rocket attacks, stepping up an offensive that already has taken a heavy toll in civilian lives.

Malaysia has blockaded its north-western sea border to stop them entering.

He added: "We ask not to be left alone, not so much when it comes to emergencies at sea, but to stop the trafficking of human beings".

The resumption of the dolphin hunts follows a weekend, August 27 - 29, during which Animal Planet aired the two-hour season finale to Whale Wars, the fight by Sea Shepherd to stop whaling by Japan in the Antarctic, a two-hour presentation of The Cove, the academy award winning film by Louis Psoyhos featuring Ric O'Barry; and the premier of O'Barry's own three-part film series Blood Dolphins.