abaft
Example Sentences
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In his chart room abaft the flag bridge, handsome, white-haired Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, commander of Task Force 77, listened to his pilots' reports on the results of their strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Valchem crew's quarters, just five or six feet abaft the deep cut, an oiler awoke into a nightmare.
From Time Magazine Archive
The amidships cockpit has teak bench seats on each side, and the winches are bunched just forward and abaft the twin carbon fiber wheels.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a wet bar just abaft the companion seat, with Corian top, trash receptacle and a sink.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Susan Marie was a thirty-foot stern-picker—a standard, well-tended San Piedro gill-netter—with her cabin just abaft of midship.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
