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

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

The first impulse of everyone was to spring to the afterpart of our craft, as far as possible from its huge fangs.

From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat

“A man overboard!” exclaimed some one from the afterpart of the deck.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor