7 sentences with 'shore'
Example sentences and phrases with the word shore and other words derived from it.
• « It soon became apparent that special equipment was needed to free Dwayne, and also to shore up the walls to prevent another collapse. »
• « A message was sent to the outside world that new timbers were needed to shore up the walls before another attempt could be made to raise the boulder. »
• « The last major Hellenistic attempt to roll back Roman control came in the early 1st century BC, with the rise of a Greek king, Mithridates VI, from Pontus, a small kingdom on the southern shore of the Black Sea. »
• « At the same time, one of the ways in which medieval elites tried to shore up their chances of avoiding eternal damnation was to leave land and wealth in their wills to monasteries and convents. »
• « In the German kingdoms, Italy and Austria, monarchs and their officials worked behind the scenes to re-establish control of their armies and shore up their own support while hastily created assemblies tried to draft liberal constitutions. »
• « As a result, there was a continuous and elaborate diplomatic dance as each power tried to shore up alliances, seize territory around the globe, and outmanoeuvre the others. »