abaft
Example Sentences
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In Valchem crew's quarters, just five or six feet abaft the deep cut, an oiler awoke into a nightmare.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tail unit had been severed just abaft the toilet and was found practically intact about a mile from the wreck.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mainsheet is under the deck, with a two-part adjustment just abaft the helm, and all the winch-control buttons are recessed flush with removable chafe pads.
From Time Magazine Archive
The amidships cockpit has teak bench seats on each side, and the winches are bunched just forward and abaft the twin carbon fiber wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was not a sail on the horizon, or a storm cloud in the sky; just a fair wind abaft the beam and the Astrea reaching for the Cape.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
