7 sentences with 'sailors'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sailors and other words derived from it.
• « Shipwrecked sailors who were stranded in small boats for many weeks described hallucinations in which they were rescued, sometimes by ghost-like beings or spirits. This bears some analogy to the luminous being or spirits of friends found in the reports of the subjects I have interviewed, Dr. Moody notes. »
• « Greek sailors already knew that the world was round and had devised a system for determining latitude that was surprisingly accurate; Pytheas' own calculation of the latitude of Massalia was only eight miles wrong. »
• « This latest attempt to seize Jerusalem began with a large group of crusaders who chartered passage with Venetian sailors, long accustomed to profiting from crusader traffic. »
• « On the way, the crusaders and sailors learned of a succession dispute in Constantinople and decided to intervene. The intervention turned into an outright invasion, with the Crusaders carrying out a horrifically bloody sack of the ancient city. »
• « The Spanish sent explorers and sailors who sought Asia by scouring the Americas, although they were also busy conquering the great empires of the Aztecs and Incas. »
• « A United Nations force composed mainly of American soldiers, sailors and pilots fought alongside South Korean troops against North Korean and Chinese forces. »
• « Brown quickly set up a naval force and enlisted the help of brave sailors such as Tomás Espora, Leonardo Rosales, Juan Bautista Azopardo, Francisco Drumond and César Fournier. »