"anchor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Fortunately the other anchor held and the boat was got safely to the ledge.
- The anchor slipped silently down forty feet and held.
- Unfortunately, the anchor did not hold and they dragged further through the shoal water.
- A large swell passed beneath the hull, and Garrett turned his head to make sure the anchor would hold.
- Although the anchors did not hold they prevented the ship from hitting a reef.
- Tugboats tow the platform out to the site, where anchors hold it in place.
- "If the anchors don't hold she'll drive on the rocks!"
- They found that the engines had failed and the anchor was barely holding.
- The anchor must hold in all weather, even the worst storm.
- Old anchors no longer hold, and a sense of history is lost.
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