sheet anchor

Example Sentences

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Yet, Jane — Tomalin calls her “the true heroine of this story” — remained the sheet anchor of his life, as well as his typist.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

In summer he manages his two dairy farms, calls them "a sheet anchor against inflation."

From Time Magazine Archive

For a time he followed the business of making anchors for vessels but was soon called to the more important work of aiding in the construction of the sheet anchor of freedom.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

As soon as the best bower cable was nearly out, the sheet anchor and small bower were let go at the same moment, and the result was to be ascertained.

From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick

Smiling grog is the sailor’s best hope, his sheet anchor,     His compass, his cable, his log, That gives him a heart which life’s cares cannot canker.

From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick