sailors

Example Sentences

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Over the next few months wounded sailors managed to escape and make their way back to Shanghai.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Some of these Chinese sailors have been stuck in the Strait of Hormuz for nearly 90 days.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Dr Douglas Stenton, from the University of Waterloo who has excavated the remains of the sailors, said the circumstances they faced were dismal.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

A helpful map of the globe points out notoriously treacherous waters, including those off the southern tip of South America, where countless sailors have perished in the turbulent seas around Cape Horn.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The Admiralty was the headquarters of the Russian navy, and all along Nevsky Prospect were sailors in uniform.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood