Contact was established with the boat and an offer of a towline was accepted. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking Like A Pirate « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
About four o'clock in the evening our towline gave away. From Wordnik.com. [Come All Ye Jolly Ice-Hunters] Reference
I'm captain at this end of the towline, and I swear he shall go in. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Umhlanga Rocks after its towline snapped, SABC radio news reported. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Hmmm…did the guy in the Jeep really hook the towline to the axle?. From Wordnik.com. [Friday, Feb. 20 – The Bleat.] Reference
He leaped into the jolly boat and whipped the towline off the cleat. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
They fought free at the end of a towline and the next boat came after. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
We were drifting in darkness in the ocean when we were offered a towline. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking Like A Pirate « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
To help the crew, we pulled at a towline until she got to another small canal. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
He worked his way down the towline and settled in with a couple of six-packs. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Warrior]
He grabbed the electrical cord towline and dragged the turtle to deeper water. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
The boarding party then tried to secure a towline from the Bulldog but the tow snapped. From Wordnik.com. [BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » A Father’s Secret] Reference
Leaning out an opened door, he made fast a towline tossed him and let his vehicle drop aft. From Wordnik.com. [The Game Of Empire]
When the Bulldog returned, a towline was secured and the destroyer was ordered to make for Iceland. From Wordnik.com. [BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » A Father’s Secret] Reference
As Morris watched, the tug Papago shortened her towline for better control in the restricted waters. From Wordnik.com. [Red Storm Rising]
"Throw out the towline!" she screamed to the girls as soon as she was near enough for them to hear her. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
"But where are we going?" wailed Belle, as the man threw the towline to Ed. "Not far," answered the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
A towline was attached to the sloop as the prisoners were marched up a gangplank onto the capturing craft. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
The tractor would hover above the surface of the asteroid, without touching it, and use gravity as a towline. From Wordnik.com. [Using Gravity To Protect Against Astroids | Impact Lab] Reference
The towline led to a grimy scow which loomed out of the misty stillness like a heavier drift of the dawn itself. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
“Searchlight!” she called as she ran, and flew paw over paw down the stark-lit towline to the vessel just rescued. From Wordnik.com. [Rescue Ferrets at Sea] Reference
The bottom half of my body dragging in the water, I worked my way hand over hand up the fifty feet of towline back to the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Warrior]
He placed one foot on the towline and leaned against the rail beside Teddy, and they watched the island attempt to define itself. From Wordnik.com. [Shutter Island]
"Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own towline," Kennedy mused aloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
There was a momentary delay in heaving the towline, and Ensign. From Wordnik.com. [Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom] Reference
"Cast off the towline!" shouted Christy at the top of his lungs. From Wordnik.com. [A Victorious Union] Reference
That towline must remain slack or the manta will dive under the water. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
However, there is a towline, affixed to the top of trawl, used to retrieve it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
It was the duty of the man in the bow to regulate the towline according to circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
We had seven canines -- three pairs and a leader -- pulling upon a deerskin towline fastened to a thole-pin. From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
One man steered the boat, another in the bow managed the towline, and a third, who walked on land, drove the dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
The York boats had shortened their towline and were pulling at right angles within a few yards of a gravelly beach. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaming Forest] Reference
USS Bainbridge had attached a 200ft towline but reeled it in slowly until the lifeboat was only 75ft behind the warship. From Wordnik.com. [Nice Deb] Reference
In passing this place the towline of one of the canoes broke just at the shoot of the rapids, swung on the rocks and had nearly upset. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.] Reference
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