abaft

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Even as I looked several long red flashes spurted forward and abaft the funnel, and as I raced back to the cabin the passageway behind me heaved and filled with smoke.

From Time Magazine Archive

The galley abaft the owner�s suite includes private crew stairs to their cabin and mess area forward as well as to the raised pilothouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the airport the driver fetches a monoplane wing, bolts it into place just abaft the cabin door.

From Time Magazine Archive

Athena carries an owner�s party of 12 in six staterooms, all situated abaft the engineroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

“And my gog! how could they be otherwise? Look at that one, the aftest abaft the bier-bank: read it!”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker