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Example Sentences

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"If you hear three it means you are going astern, if you hear two, it means you are turning to port," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 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

All that remained was a dwindling light astern, and soon enough that would be gone as well.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin