The sun was rising higher; the man on the bow was calling his soundings and the world glided past us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

Our soundings was a little irregular, from 12 to 4 fathoms, which caused me to send a Boat ahead to sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world] Reference

The GPS readings, called soundings, will form a vertical profile of the atmosphere from 500 meters to 60 kilometers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weather Forecasts to Believe In] Reference

In pursuing his theme, Fr. Nichols takes various "soundings," or samplings, of what he calls in his subtitle "sacral aesthetics.".    From Wordnik.com.  [New Liturgical Movement] Reference

If it were a fancy, it was far from being a pleasant one; and I gave over my "soundings" with a considerable feeling of uneasiness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Tar] Reference

Until we strike soundings in the Channel of Old England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

The aim was to take political soundings-and to stall for time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mediscare] Reference

Talk to me of rocks and shoals, me who took the soundings, tell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference

We could get no soundings with a hand lead, half a mile to the westward.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference

If you examine the chart, or take soundings, I am sure you will be convinced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference

These channels have been discovered by soundings made from the ships of the United.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference

Recent soundings have shown Iowa to be up for grabs, much to her competitors 'delight.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Drop of Blood in the Water] Reference

No land was then in sight, nor did we get any soundings after in the course of the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference

Her first task: quietly take soundings from top staffers to see if they plan on staying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Year's Model] Reference

A man in the bow was taking soundings with lead and line, calling out every few seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference

From Tanjong Berak the water along the coast is very deep; no soundings with 50 fathoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference

Ruth might be just a little "off soundings," as the fishermen about Herringport would say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference

The weather was now thick and hazy, and they were still certain that they were on soundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference

Gray spent months -- some thought too many months -- quietly taking soundings around the city.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Vincent Gray beat Adrian Fenty -- and what awaits him] Reference

They found they were on soundings again, and concluded the wind had got round to the N.W. quarter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference

The contract embraced, also, the making of soundings and the marking out of a channel through Suisun Bay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

No man can compass this vast dominion, and no intellect can plumb its soundings or prophesy of its upshot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

The Women: So Teddy took his soundings — and found hardly anyone he trusted who thought he ought to say yes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teddy Kennedy’s Decision] Reference

"Here's to Captain Thorne, a hundred fathoms below soundings; and here's to the Sea Eagle and her new commander!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference

Oroquieta, which was to have been our next cable landing, stopping every five knots for soundings and observations.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route] Reference

They confine themselves to "exploring," which includes the taking of soundings of harbors, especially Magdalena Bay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare] Reference

As you approach towards the shore, the sea gradually ebbs, which furnishes good soundings for the help of navigators.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference

The darky's plan was decided on, and divesting himself of his trowsers, he waded into the "run" to take the soundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference

The shore was obscured by fog, but the soundings made by the sailors showed deep water and led them to believe they were.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference

We sailed very slowly, as bearings and soundings were being taken all day, anchoring off our destination late that afternoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route] Reference

Data on car sales and early soundings from other retailers have similarly failed to detect a sharp uptick in consumer activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honey, I Ate the Rebate] Reference

Report of Lieut. J.C. Walsh on his soundings, was referred for examination to Duperroy, the member most eminent in hydrography.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference

Taking careful soundings with his ice-axe and using his crampons with almost uncanny certitude, he guided his companions through.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914] Reference

The passage commenced auspiciously and promised to be a speedy one, as we took a fine steady westerly wind soon after we lost soundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference

At about twenty minutes after seven the boat was seen close in under our stern and at the same time we got soundings in 50 fathoms water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference

On soundings being taken along the starboard side plenty of water was obtained; it was only on her port bottom that the ship had grounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

Democrats would love to convince former San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros to run for Gramm's seat, but initial soundings have been negative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Sacrificing Gary Condit] Reference