Steamed

Examples

• As they steamed nearer to the derelict they were surprised to note that it was the same vessel that had run from them a few weeks earlier. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We steamed down to the foot of the harbor and came to anchor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• On the hob, a kettle steamed; on the hearth, a cat reposed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Equipped with engine and machinery it steamed out of New York Harbour on the 27th day of March, 1819, and successfully reached Savannah, Georgia. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• On taking his leave, Mr Pancks, when he had shaken hands with Clennam, worked completely round him before he steamed out at the door. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I think the cup of water on the burning log only steamed the ants. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Sometimes they cut spiral strips from the curving horns of a mountain sheep, and steamed them straight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On June 10 the telegraphic fleet steamed out of Plymouth harbor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• We even steamed recklessly by the frowning fortress of Malabat (a stronghold of the Emperor of Morocco) without a twinge of fear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Edited by Andrea