Examples of shore leave in a Sentence
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The wooden gatehouse and cellblocks of the Old Lahaina Prison, built in the 1850s to deal with rowdy sailors on shore leave, are gone.
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Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
The ships were docked in San Francisco, where the crews were on shore leave.
—Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
Cash, like a sailor on shore leave, gets around.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
Any interesting places for shore leave (liberty)?
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2022
However, a study by the respected Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments last year reported that nearly 10,000 mariners are needed to operate all of the government and commercial vessels when crew rotations and shore leave are taken into account.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
The Vikings’ stay on the island was apparently brief, just long enough for a few stowaway rodents to take some shore leave that ended up being permanent.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
Bettany, enjoying shore leave from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, goes all in on Warhol’s mincing pattern of speech with the elbows-in posture of someone on the defense.
—Two Kings, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2022
Given the cities’ historical trade networks, researchers believe that this high incidence of the normally rare mutation resulted from a few polydactyl merchant-ship cats taking shore leave as far back as the mid-18th century.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2014
Tim Arango, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
The ships were docked in San Francisco, where the crews were on shore leave.
—Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
Cash, like a sailor on shore leave, gets around.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
Any interesting places for shore leave (liberty)?
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2022
However, a study by the respected Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments last year reported that nearly 10,000 mariners are needed to operate all of the government and commercial vessels when crew rotations and shore leave are taken into account.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
The Vikings’ stay on the island was apparently brief, just long enough for a few stowaway rodents to take some shore leave that ended up being permanent.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
Bettany, enjoying shore leave from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, goes all in on Warhol’s mincing pattern of speech with the elbows-in posture of someone on the defense.
—Two Kings, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2022
Given the cities’ historical trade networks, researchers believe that this high incidence of the normally rare mutation resulted from a few polydactyl merchant-ship cats taking shore leave as far back as the mid-18th century.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2014
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“Shore leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shore%20leave. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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