astern

Example Sentences

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But Monaco lived up to its reputation as a place where it is almost impossible to overtake and they stayed in line astern to the flag.

From BBC • May 29, 2022

Halfway between New Zealand and Cape Horn, he was on the deck when a huge wave came from astern and broke over the boat.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2019

We would visit it again on the way south, but in between, once the archipelago had slipped over the horizon astern of us, we would see no land.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2018

Then Captain Villing headed for the mainland, with Fire Island astern.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2018

The Rocks were now behind; Kharybdis, too, and Skylla dropped astern.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer