8 sentences with 'ships'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ships and other words derived from it.
• « The ships keep coming into the Rouge: the Henry Ford II, the Benson Ford, the William Clay Ford, whose bows commemorate living and dead members of this family. Even the blast furnaces have names, and they are also named Ford. »
• « Human settlements and ships sailing in the Antarctic area contribute the oil derivatives responsible for the pollution. Penguins know something about it. More than once they have suffered from their "smokings" being irreparably oiled and their whole life drowned in black spots. »
• « The use of ships, planes, helicopters and tracked vehicles (when using naphtha) leaves residues of lead, a compound that is used in an anti-knock mixture that is added to fuel so that it does not explode when vehicles are started. Also, although to a lesser extent, fuel oil and paraffin release lead. »
• « From their ships, the Mycenaeans operated as trading partners and raiders as circumstances dictated; it is clear from archaeological evidence that they traded with Egypt and the Near East (i.e. Lebanon and Palestine), but it is equally clear that they raided and fought both against vulnerable foreign territories and each other. »
• « Xerxes I, the new king, sent a huge army (up to 200,000 troops and 1,200 ships) against Greece, supported by a navy more than twice as large as that of the Athenians. »
• « Athens was able to control the League because of its powerful navy; no other polis had such a large or effective navy, so the other members of the League had to contribute funds and supplies while the Athenians made use of the ships. »
• « Archimedes, according to some accounts, invented a giant mirror used to focus the sun's rays on Roman ships and set them on fire. »