sternwards

/ ˈstɜːnwədz /

adverb

1. nautical towards the stern; astern

Example Sentences

She pulled and “titted,” as Ap phrased it, at her anchor; she bent forwards and she bent sternwards; then she would roll, perhaps once to port and twice to starboard, or vice versâ, as the thought struck her; then she would positively stop steady for a few moments, as if listening for an order.

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Rozenoffski grasped at it desperately, but it eluded him, and then descending sailed sternwards.

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As we reached the middle of the sound opposite Armadale, there fell a dead calm; and the Betsey, more actively idle than the ship manned by the Ancient Mariner, dropped sternwards along the tide, to the dull music of the flapping sail.

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And so he bade his ships drop away sternwards; and then Earl Eric lay broadside on.

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The passengers, getting wind of some excitement, were hurrying sternwards, and he pushed along with them, glad to forget his sore feelings for a minute.

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