Sentences with 'plied'
Example sentences and phrases with the word plied and other words derived from it.
• « As my flat-bottomed skiff plied the waters of the Ossabaw Sea, we all enjoyed in anticipation the excitement of knowing that our expedition would be one of those wonderful moments when good friends enjoy each other's company unreservedly; when time almost stands still. »
• « Together with the hundreds of steamboats that plied America's rivers, these advances in transportation made it easier and less expensive to ship agricultural products from the West to feed the people of Eastern cities, and to ship manufactured goods from the East to the people of the West. Without this ability to transport goods, the market revolution would not have been possible. »
• « In 1817, only seventeen plied the waters of the western rivers, but by 1837 there were over seven hundred steamboats in operation. »