sheerness

Example Sentences

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Six men - including a security guard - were arrested after 100 officers swooped at Sheerness port in the early hours of Monday.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2021

Many people trace Sheppey’s decline to the closure of the Sheerness Naval Dockyard in 1960, which threw thousands out of work.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2021

The officer got better and took Talbor to see the English King Charles II, then visiting the port city of Sheerness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

Its report suggested that the shock would shatter almost every window in nearby Sheerness and damage buildings.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019

My husband did so, and in less than two hours they had marched out of town towards Sheerness without making any noise. 

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.