ocean greyhound
Example Sentences
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It was a perfect day at sea, and so thought the passengers on board the swift ocean greyhound that plowed its way through the quiet waters of the Pacific.
From Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator by J. W. Duffield
As the yacht stood directly in the path of the oncoming ocean greyhound, and flew signals of distress which she could not disregard, the great ship was forced to heave to.
From His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts by David Dwight Wells
At this period of the slower and more cumbrous weaving of the Shuttle, the world had not yet awakened even to the possibilities of the ocean greyhound.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The impression that the surprising presence of the ocean greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale.
From Atlantis by Adele Szold Seltzer
"Yes; but a nail in the pilot-house will draw the needle and drive the mightiest ocean greyhound on the rocks with the captain at the wheel dead sure of his course."
From The One Woman by Thomas Dixon
