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Meanings of galleys in English
Synonyms
Examples for "galley"
Examples for "galley"
1
For days you hauled that war galley across the sea from Sinaria.
2
Minna suspected the galley-slave of glory in the man; Seraphita recognized him.
3
At noon that day the galley was skimming the sea off Paestum.
4
Saw it in your eyes when you left the galley earlier today.
5
At three in the morning all on board the galley were astir.
1
Couldn't you manage to keep the galiot quiet, just to please me?
2
The boat was soon alongside the galiot, on board which the skipper stepped.
3
At last the wind dropped, and the galiot lay becalmed.
4
The galiot was gliding rapidly though smoothly through the somewhat yellow waters of the Scheldt.
5
Still the galiot glided on.
Usage of galleys in English
1
Seven galleys were captured; but the Persians succeeded in saving the rest.
2
I am a convict; I have been nineteen years in the galleys.
3
He had certainly not expected to find war galleys in a cave.
4
There was in the galleys a quantity of food for the fleet.
5
Jean Valjean had entered the galleys sobbing and shuddering; he emerged impassive.
6
On the seaward side, watchtowers and war galleys serve the same purpose.
7
He will be condemned; and a Boiscoran will go to the galleys.
8
He said mass in the middle of the galleys, on an altar.
9
But I shall be sent to the galleys; to Toulon or Brest.
10
Of these the 44 galliots were almost as useful as the galleys.
11
He reminded me that I saved him from the galleys in 1848.
12
The prows swung seaward, and the galleys steered for the broad ocean.
13
Ben Hur from the galleys in the other chariot pitted against him.
14
The attack of Lincoln was followed by one of Moultrie, in galleys.
15
We passed warships as well, Volantene river galleys crammed with slave soldiers.
16
Accept my galleys with a joyful heart, and bend your oars westward.
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Galleys through the time
Galleys across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common