Steered

Examples

• Our single boatman attended to the sail; Raymond steered; Clara sat at his feet, clasping his knees with her arms, and laying her head on them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I steered a middle course between the Objective side and the Subjective side. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But with a sort of second consciousness he steered the car towards a destination. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He steered his geese with that stick as easily as another man would steer a yawl. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He steered straight for Mrs Plornish's end of Bleeding Heart Yard, and arrived there, at the top of the steps, hotter than ever. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• After a darkening hour or so, suddenly the rudder-lines tightened in his hold, and he steered hard towards the Surrey shore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• We passed through the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles, and steered for a new land--a new one to us, at least--Asia. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The officer who steered the galley gave the same account of their going overboard. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Therefore we steered for the nearest island of the group--Fayal (the people there pronounce it Fy-all, and put the accent on the first syllable). Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I'm a bachelor, and have steered clear of love affairs all my life; so perhaps my opinion is not worth having. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• For that beacon Malone steered. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Tricycles having three wheels, propelled by the hands and steered with the feet, were also invented in the early part of the century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I constructed another sail with a part of my dress, and eagerly steered my course towards the land. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• We were out five days before we got a letter with leave to part, and then our ship quitted the fleet and steered for England. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• By this I steered, endeavouring to keep the circle of light below me ever perfect. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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