"cable" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The two submarines were able to communicate using a telephone marker buoy until the cable parted.
- After five days the cable parted, perhaps as a result of rubbing on the bottom.
- One by one, the cables parted, the final two within less than a minute of one another.
- The cable parted, and she separated the links and cast them away, making sure the ship was clear.
- The top half fell over the side and was dragged for a hundred feet before the cables parted and it floated clear.
- "Now we are in an evil plight," said Eric, "the cable has parted!"
- Too late: the cable had parted and must lie in peace at the bottom.
- The final cable parted and the shell swung free.
- The cable parted, and the ship, feeling the growing force of the ebb, swung free and moved a little way from the mole.
- However, the cable parted after the Audacious steering gear failed.
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