Heave in a sentence

We found 4 examples of how to use heave in an English sentence.

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Sentences with heave

Sentences 1 to 4 of 4.

# Sentence  
1. This ship is outfitted with a windlass to heave up the anchor.
2. Meanwhile still stranger sights appeared by sea and land. Before the crews had time to heave their anchors, the ships of themselves made sail, and a dolphin, leaping and sporting on the waves, swam before the commander's ship as a guide; whilst on shore Chloe's goats and sheep were led along by the sweet music of the pipe, which continued sounding deliciously, though the player was still invisible.
3. East, West and squally South-west, with a roar, / swoop down on Ocean, and the surf and sand / mix in dark eddies, and the watery floor / heave from its depths, and roll huge billows to the shore. / Then come the creak of cables and the cries / of seamen.
4. Here plying levers, where the flooring shows / weak joists, we heave it over.

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