aft
Example Sentences
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Two tunnels ran from fore to aft, right beneath the deck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
“Let’s get everyone off the ship and onto the dock,” Willcox said, and padded aft in his bare feet.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
He discovered further drilling mistakes when he observed a mechanic performing an unauthorized rework on another section of the aft pressure bulkhead.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Standing on the aft deck of a modified 13-meter fishing boat in Halifax Harbour, Dariia Atamanchuk gazes at both a cause of the climate crisis and, she hopes, part of the solution.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2023
I know I should be looking forward, but I can’t help but turn my eyes aft.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing aft
The Cay
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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Essential Three-Letter Words, Part 2
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