- present participle of moor.
mooring
Example Sentences
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After the mooring lines were dropped, passengers and crew heard a faint bang and felt a shudder deep within the airship, which was at that point well more than 100 feet in the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
A 10,000-square-foot restricted access warehouse to be built at the port will house mooring lines, pedestrian barriers, gangways and repair gear for the US Navy, said a spokeswoman.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
"I thought I had been paying monthly mooring fees and I presumed the council tax would be included in that," Polanski told broadcasters on Thursday.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
Could be just a boat anchored on its mooring, farther away than I think.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
Vocabulary lists containing mooring
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Song of Solomon
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"Paul Revere's Ride," Vocabulary from the poem
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