FLEET in a Sentence

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94 example sentences for FLEET, such as:

1. We paid a fleeting visit to Paris.
2. Life is short and time is fleeting.
3. The fleet is manoeuvring off the coast.
4. The fleet is very expensive to maintain.
5. The Dutch fleet is sailing up the Thames.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLEET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fleet
 n.  a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
Classic Sentence: (77 in 6 pages)
1  He sees all ocean strewn with Aeneas' fleet, the Trojans overwhelmed by the waves and the ruining heaven.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
2  We, thy children, we whom thou beckonest to the heights of heaven, our fleet miserably cast away for a single enemy's anger, are betrayed and severed far from the Italian coasts.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
3  Flying through the depth of air on winged oarage, the fleet messenger alights on the Libyan coasts.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
4  The fleet he hides close in embosoming groves beneath a caverned rock, amid shivering shadow of the woodland; himself, Achates alone following, he strides forward, clenching in his hand two broad-headed spears.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
5  I am Aeneas the good, who carry in my fleet the household gods I rescued from the enemy; my fame is known high in heaven.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
6  For I declare to thee thy comrades are restored, thy fleet driven back into safety by the shifted northern gales, except my parents were pretenders, and unavailing the augury they taught me.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
7  Right under Antandros and the mountains of Phrygian Ida we build a fleet, uncertain whither the fates carry us or where a resting-place is given, and gather the people together.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
8  Meanwhile Anchises bade the fleet set their sails, that the fair wind might meet no delay.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
9  Sweeping all the view, I at last espied this fleet standing in to shore.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
10  With gods' auspices to my thinking, and with Juno's favour, hath the Ilian fleet held on hither before the gale.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
11  Safety's self was fear; to her likewise had evil Rumour borne the maddening news that they equip the fleet and prepare for passage.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
12  Cast ashore and destitute I welcomed him, and madly gave him place and portion in my kingdom; I found him his lost fleet and drew his crews from death.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
13  Meanwhile Aeneas and his fleet in unwavering track now held mid passage, and cleft the waves that blackened under the North, looking back on the city that even now gleams with hapless Elissa's funeral flame.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIFTH
14  First is the contest of rowing, and four ships matched in weight enter, the choice of all the fleet.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIFTH
15  Here he allures with rewards and offer of prizes those who will try their hap in the fleet foot-race.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIFTH
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
2  The fleet is manoeuvring in combination with the air unit.
3  The Dutch fleet is sailing up the Thames.
4  The British fleet sailed from Southampton early this morning.
5  The fleet is - ring off the east coast.
6  The fleet is very expensive to maintain.
7  The fleet is manoeuvring off the coast.
8  There's been a big reduction in the size of the British merchant fleet in recent years.
9  The general ordered the fleet to remain where they were and wait for the further instructions.
10  Weeks before, nearly 10,000 police officers had raided his church's compound in the largest manhunt in South Korean history, with a fleet of backhoes to dig up underground hiding places, only to leave empty-handed.
11  We paid a fleeting visit to Paris.
12  Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.
13  For one fleeting moment , Paula allowed herself to forget her troubles.
14  Life is short and time is fleeting.
15  Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, I thought I caught a glance, heard a tone, beheld a form, which announced the realization of my dream.