slue

Example Sentences

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There was danger also that the tow-line might slue both men into the icy waters and upset the boat.

From Dan Merrithew by McFall, J. V.

What he next felt against his knee was the impact of a half-shove, half-blow, brisk enough to slue him around.

From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

The sailors in the battery were working with might and main to slue all the guns round to bear upon the pirates.

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

It is perhaps preferable to use one handspike under the bracket, manned by two men, and the other to lift and slue the gun, manned by one man, under the transom.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

The other two, if we slacked hold on their halter-ropes, would lurch together, halt, and slue neck to neck like a couple of timid dowagers hesitating upon a question of delicacy.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir