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When they got abreast the head of the island they quit shooting and dropped over to the Missouri shore and went home to the town.

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 Meanings and Examples of ABREAST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
abreast
 a.  being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
 ad.  alongside each other, facing in the same direction
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  It was not inhabited; it lay far over toward the further shore, abreast a dense and almost wholly unpeopled forest.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  It was broad daylight before he found himself fairly abreast the island bar.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  It kept a-coming, and when it was abreast of me I see there warn't but one man in it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII.
4  When they got abreast the head of the island they quit shooting and dropped over to the Missouri shore and went home to the town.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
5  So we went back and got the canoe, and paddled up abreast the cavern, and lugged all the traps up there.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX.
6  They were just abreast of Mareciana, and beyond the flat but verdant Island of La Pianosa.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
7  A detachment of carbineers, fifteen abreast, galloped up the Corso in order to clear it for the barberi.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
8  The passageway sloped in a gentle descent, enlarging as they proceeded; still Franz and the count were compelled to advance in a stooping posture, and were scarcely able to proceed abreast of one another.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
9  Denis laughed, and gave the horse a cut that brought him quickly abreast of her retreating figure.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
10  As they came abreast the house, an indeterminate number, passing like shadows, she called to them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
11  The rain obscured her vision as the buggy came abreast, but she saw the driver peer over the tarpaulin that stretched from the dashboard to his chin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  As she came abreast the crowd something of their tenseness reached her, insensitive though she was, and made fear clutch at her heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
13  Aware of their danger, they were going all abreast with great speed straight before the wind, rubbing their flanks as closely as so many spans of horses in harness.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
14  Fiercely, but evenly incited by the taunts of the German, the Pequod's three boats now began ranging almost abreast; and, so disposed, momentarily neared him.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
15  Three big wolves got abreast of the horses, and the horses went crazy.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
Example Sentence:
1  China has to develop her economy to remain abreast of other countries.
2  It's important to keep abreast of the latest developments in computers.
3  My main reason for subscribing to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
4  We must renovate our social life to keep abreast of the times.
5  The boat came abreast of us and signalled us to stop.