afterpart

Example Sentences

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Its afterpart stands clear and showing its skin, like a dissected whale, but its forward part is enclosed in a big tank of water.

From Time Magazine Archive

The entire afterpart of the ship was on fire, and sailors were launching the lifeboat that was on our deck.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

The cabin was nothing more than a “toldo”—an arched roof, thatched with leaves of the bossu palm, and covering all the afterpart of the vessel, except a small space for the steersman.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

At the extreme afterpart of the vessel he paused before a door on the port side.

From The Boy Allies Under the Sea by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)

As he was speaking, a thick smoke rose from the afterpart of their antagonist, followed quickly by bright flames, which darted upwards through the hatchway.

From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell