Example Sentences

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He asserted that American shippers must combine to remove the discriminating measures, in order to restore the flags of privately owned American Merchantmen to the high seas.

From Time Magazine Archive

To paraphrase Emily Dickinson: Night after night his purple traffic Strews the landing with opal bales; Merchantmen poise upon horizons, Dip, and vanish with fairy sails.

From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Morley, Christopher

Merchantmen in them days didn't have their Turkey carpets and their colored wine-glasses jinglin' in the racks.

From In Exile and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

Merchantmen are indeed still useful in war for transport and auxiliary service, but it is no longer true that men in the merchant service are trained for man-of-war service.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

We are informd that Eleven Sail of Merchantmen & a Frigate have fallen into his Hands.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo