Examples of 'ships began' in a sentence

Meaning of "ships began"

ships began: This phrase typically refers to the commencement or start of ships setting sail or being used for transportation on water. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate the initiation of a project, journey, or process

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ships began
The two ships began to burn.
Consequently the gradual retreat of the remaining ships began.
Then ships began to sink mysteriously.
When container ships began.
As ships began to navigate the oceans.
The hunt for the missing ships began two years later.
The two ships began to chase her but failed to reach her.
Design work on the new class of armored ships began that year.
All four ships began operations in the Atlantic.
Soon casualties and damages to the respective ships began to take their toll.
Cruise ships began direct refuelling from the Hovensa oil refinery.
The sound carried across the water and the crews of other ships began to cheer.
Other ships began to arrive quickly I saw the floodlights.
You lost consciousness when the Sernaix ships began to dock.
Soon after, mercenary ships began raiding archaeological sites across the quadrant.

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As the distance between the fleets narrowed, the ships began to breathe fire.
The ships began unloading immediately and finished on 1 November.
Industries began to develop and more and more ships began to travel the Great Lakes.
Ships began sailing again shortly after midnight on July 1.
In the same year, unconventional ships began with marine research.
As two ships began launching those missiles, advisers notified members of Congress.
However, in the years following, modern cruise ships began to overtake older ships in popularity.
As ships began to sail between England and the New….
In a coordinated operation, German ships began disembarking troops at the docks in Copenhagen.
Ships began to be built on the river in the 14th century.
Soon after, helicopters and ships began searching the waters around Copenhagen.
A project to provide increased clearance required to accommodate New Panamax ships began in 2013.
The Portuguese ships began firing on the junco, but it had no effect at all.
Around this time, deserters from European ships began to live on the island.
Rescue ships began arriving just 10 minutes after the ship went down.
In response to the rejected ultimatum, the Russian ships began to bomb the city.
Under his direction, the ships began gathering at Dover for the mass evacuation.
However, in later years, competition from Spanish ships began to have effect.
Dutch, English and French ships began to arrive in the area during Sultan Alauddin 's reign.
Pre-assault bombardment of Japanese shore positions from these ships began at 7:00.
After a hectic month, the three ships began their voyage home across the Atlantic.
British ships began to appear sporadically around the coasts of China from 1635 on.
After eight hours of fierce fighting, the English ships began to run out of ammunition.
Originally open, ships began to have decks around the 12th century.
When Metis became increasingly popular as a summer resort, ships began to arrive with increased regularity.
In 1642, Parliamentary ships began throwing captured Wexford sailors overboard with their hands tied.
For over 200 years the famous Clyde built ships began their voyages out to sea.
Several years later, cruise ships began to dock in Oranjestad, Aruba 's capital city.
It fell into disrepair in the 1920s as ships began to outgrow the drydock.
Development of nuclear merchant ships began in the 1950s, but has not generally been commercially successful.
Still, on September 18, a Portuguese squadron of four ships began a blockade of Malta.
As early as 1850, seagoing ships began exporting palm oil from a port at Monrovia.
Despite this set back, construction on the two ships began in the late spring of 1863.
Before long, Dutch and English ships began arriving at Elmina for African slaves as well.
The U-boat threat lessened in 1917, when merchant ships began travelling in convoys, escorted by destroyers.

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