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Meanings of heaving on in anglès

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Usage of heaving on in anglès
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Nickey was heaving on the anchor till I thought he'd burst a blood-vessel.
The Road
2
Blues crossed to Havvin, who was pushing and heaving on the thick tiller arm.
Assail
3
She spun around and bent over, dry- heaving on the grass.
Stunning
4
On the fourth the wind fell, leaving the ship dismasted and heaving on vast billows.
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
5
Liliwen was on her knees, heaving on one arm.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
6
The men were heaving on the tow line, and the ships were slowly nearing each other.
A King's Comrade: A Story of Old Hereford
7
The pub was heaving on the Monday evening.
The Irish Times
8
I lay gasping and heaving on the floor.
Monster Hunter International
9
Gently rolling and heaving on the surge of a summer sea lay a mighty fleet of war-vessels.
Our Navy in the War
10
The Amex was far from heaving on a night when the post-Christmas chill and pinch was evidently felt.
The Guardian
11
A susurration of noise reached them from the nearest teams of men and women heaving on the ropes.
Assail
12
And here she lay in my arms, her head upon my shoulder, her soft bosom heaving on my own!
Dead Men Tell No Tales
13
The French democracy had already burst on Europe; and every throne was heaving on the surge which it had raised.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
14
Bottle Top fell silent and eventually stopped wriggling, as Micah began heaving on the ropes, hoisting him into the air.
The story of cirrus flux
15
The restaurant is heaving on Christmas Eve and somehow we have to get things ready at home for our own family too.
The Irish Times
16
He peered eagerly in the direction of the noise, and saw three men in a confused mass heaving on the ground behind the bank.
No Man's Land
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