Sentence examples for seamen the from inspiring English sources

Our office also organized a field meeting with Abby Seamen, the New York State IPM Coordinator.

This phenomenon was originally called by seamen the northeasting of the needle but is now called the variation or declination.

Paint has become more weather-resistant, which means ABs (Able Bodied Seamen, the ship's dogsbodies) spend less time painting which means fewer ABs.

Watched by the British seamen, the British couple were forced up a ladder on to the mothership, which promptly sailed back to the Somali coast.

Originally the Royal Naval Hospital for Seamen, the magnificent pair of buildings completed in 1751 frame the elegant simplicity of the Queen's House, designed by Inigo Jones in 1616.

Jiang Zemin, the former president and Communist Party chief, who has retained his title as military chairman, "sent condolence messages, dated May 2, to family members of the dead navy officers and seamen," the agency reported.

The boat entered an area known to seamen as the Creek.

The strong equatorial currents were familiar to seamen in the days of sail.

Peuchen's role highlighted a key problem during the evacuation: there were hardly any seamen to man the boats.

"We started our battle with the privates, the seamen and the chief petty officers," he said, "they can have the generals and the admirals".

The seamen say the seals deplete the local fish supply, making it harder for them to do their jobs.