BUOY in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for BUOY, such as:
1. The party is buoyed up by the latest opinion poll results.
2. Flotation collars are used to buoy space capsules that land in the sea.
3. House prices have been buoyed in the area by the possibility of a new factory opening.
4. At the end of it is a buoy with a bell, which swings in bad weather, and sends in a mournful sound on the wind.
2. Flotation collars are used to buoy space capsules that land in the sea.
3. House prices have been buoyed in the area by the possibility of a new factory opening.
4. At the end of it is a buoy with a bell, which swings in bad weather, and sends in a mournful sound on the wind.
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Meanings and Examples of BUOY
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buoy
n. bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
v. float on the surface of water
Classic Sentence:
1 Immediately, by Starbuck's orders, lines were secured to it at different points, so that ere long every boat was a buoy; the sunken whale being suspended a few inches beneath them by the cords.
2 A youth, a mild-faced Acadian, was drawing water from the cistern, which was nothing more than a rusty buoy, with an opening on one side, sunk in the ground.
3 "Thou art crushed under this seven years' weight of misery," replied Hester, fervently resolved to buoy him up with her own energy.
4 At the end of it is a buoy with a bell, which swings in bad weather, and sends in a mournful sound on the wind.
5 For a moment, her self-justification buoyed her up but still she looked about the hall with distaste.
6 All thy unnamable imminglings float beneath me here; I am buoyed by breaths of once living things, exhaled as air, but water now.
7 The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon.
Example Sentence:
1 A lot of times, it's a two-loop swim, and the turn buoy is only 300 yards away.
2 The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team, which had become dispirited at the loss of the star player.
3 Flotation collars are used to buoy space capsules that land in the sea.
4 The party is buoyed up by the latest opinion poll results.
5 House prices have been buoyed in the area by the possibility of a new factory opening.