VESSEL in a Sentence

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212 example sentences for VESSEL, such as:

1. Empty vessels make the most noise.
2. Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
3. The medicine dilated the blood vessels.
4. The empty vessels make the greatest sound.
5. Caffeine constricts the blood vessels in your body.

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 Meanings and Examples of VESSEL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vessel
 n.  craft; ship; container for liquids
Classic Sentence: (178 in 12 pages)
1  As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d'If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
2  "Morrel," said Dantes, approaching, "the vessel now rides at anchor, and I am at your service."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
3  Asked me questions about the vessel, the time she left Marseilles, the course she had taken, and what was her cargo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
4  Why, as for that, I could only know what I was told respecting the merchandise with which the vessel was laden.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
5  I landed here, regulated the affairs of the vessel, and hastened to visit my affianced bride, whom I found more lovely than ever.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
6  The boat they were in could not make a long voyage; there was no vessel at anchor outside the harbor; he thought, perhaps, they were going to leave him on some distant point.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
7  Then I felt that my vessel was a vain refuge, that trembled and shook before the tempest.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
8  He turned his eyes towards the soup which the jailer had brought, rose, staggered towards it, raised the vessel to his lips, and drank off the contents with a feeling of indescribable pleasure.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
9  It seemed to him that the island trembled to its base, and that it would, like a vessel at anchor, break moorings, and bear him off into the centre of the storm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
10  Dantes from his rocky perch saw the shattered vessel, and among the fragments the floating forms of the hapless sailors.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
11  The red cap of one of the sailors hung to a point of the rock and some timbers that had formed part of the vessel's keel, floated at the foot of the crag.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
12  He swam to the cap, placed it on his head, seized one of the timbers, and struck out so as to cut across the course the vessel was taking.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
13  He soon saw that the vessel, with the wind dead ahead, was tacking between the Chateau d'If and the tower of Planier.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
14  However, the vessel and the swimmer insensibly neared one another, and in one of its tacks the tartan bore down within a quarter of a mile of him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
15  He rose on the waves, making signs of distress; but no one on board saw him, and the vessel stood on another tack.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
16  Caffeine constricts the blood vessels in your body.
17  Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels.
18  The medicine dilated the blood vessels.
19  Exercise dilates blood vessels on the surface of the brain.
20  The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy.
21  Blood vessels develop abnormally in cancer tumours.
22  The empty vessels make the greatest sound.
23  Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
24  Empty vessels make the most noise.
25  The uterus is supplied with a rich network of blood vessels and nerves.
26  The government's decision to impose restrictions on ferry sailings is intended to stop vessels from operating when the weather is at its most volatile.
27  Three types of protein that enable the cells to bore in and out of blood vessels.
28  Freezing temperatures also constrict peripheral blood vessels, further stressing the heart.
29  Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.
30  The well-equipped docks, tall piles of cargo containers, and numerous vessels being loaded all betoken Oakland's importance as a port.