abaft
Example Sentences
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In his chart room abaft the flag bridge, handsome, white-haired Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, commander of Task Force 77, listened to his pilots' reports on the results of their strike.
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
The tail unit had been severed just abaft the toilet and was found practically intact about a mile from the wreck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unshakable, unanimous belief of all hands was that a torpedo struck her just abaft amidships on the port side.
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
