afterpart

Example Sentences

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Its afterpart stands clear and showing its skin, like a dissected whale, but its forward part is enclosed in a big tank of water.

From Time Magazine Archive

The entire afterpart of the ship was on fire, and sailors were launching the lifeboat that was on our deck.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Nights and mornings are now very cold, but the sun is very hot during the middle and afterpart of the day.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

We have rallied on the afterpart of the deck, and hold it still; but there is no time to be lost.”

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.

He had ensconced himself in a snug and comparatively sheltered corner under the afterpart of the weather-bulwarks.

From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)