compass
Example Sentences
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Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.
From BBC
The sides traded singles before a fabulous final Mouat throw - aided by the intervention of the big compass to measure who was nearest the button - ensured GB claimed two to get back to 5-3.
From BBC
Judge John Dodd KC told Wood Green Crown Court that Chan was a "perverse and depraved" man who had "clearly lost all sense of moral compass".
From BBC
She pulled out her compass, a comb, a mirror—and a handkerchief.
From Literature
Arrows and a compass rose surrounded the title and the author’s name.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
