PIRATE in a Sentence

pirate

 n.  robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas

1  He was dark of face, swarthy as a pirate, and his eyes were as bold and black as any pirate's appraising a galleon to be scuttled or a maiden to be ravished.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI

2  Hence, I conclude, that in boasting himself to be high lifted above a whaleman, in that assertion the pirate has no solid basis to stand on.

Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.

3  I'd give it all to you, the pirate gold and every bit of treasure we could dig up.

The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII

4  Upon the ocean of commerce it sailed as a pirate ship; it had hoisted the black flag and declared war upon civilization.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29

5  The right of the grim-visaged pirate upon the high seas is exactly the same.

The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X

6  I suppose I felt as one may imagine the unarmed mariner to feel when he is rescued by a friendly man-of-war from the pursuit of a pirate.

The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI

7  There was an easy, comfortable path along the shore under the bluff, but it lacked the advantages of difficulty and danger so valued by a pirate.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII

8  You see," said Tom, "people don't go much on hermits, nowadays, like they used to in old times, but a pirate's always respected.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII

9  It was worth while to be a pirate, after all.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV

10  He knows that would be a disgrace to a pirate, and Tom's too proud for that sort of thing.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV

11  The largest of the two pirate ships was commanded by a Japanese captain, who spoke a little Dutch, but very imperfectly.

Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER I.

12  My men were sent by an equal division into both the pirate ships, and my sloop new manned.

Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER I.

13  The sailor of that day would go near to be arraigned as a pirate in our own.

The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY

14  The man was limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate come to life, and come down, and going back to hook himself up again.

Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I

15  You may easily imagine all we had to suffer on board the pirate vessel.

Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI

1  The surviving pirate accused of taking an American ship captain hostage is here, and we're getting our first look at him.

2  It was this: "Pretty thin -- as long a dream as that, without any mistakes in it!" What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him.

3  Large maritime areas have now become known as pirate heavens.

4  Though most of his contemporaries revile Captain Kidd as a notorious, bloody-handed pirate, some of his fellow merchant-captains believe him innocent of his alleged crimes.

5  He was moved to capture the skiff, arguing that it might be considered a ship and therefore legitimate prey for a pirate, but he knew a thorough search would be made for it and that might end in revelations.

6  At Disneyland a pirate of the Caribbean sings a song about his live as bloody buccaneer.

7  The pirate radio station broadcast anti-government propaganda.

8  The new law means video pirates can no longer cash in by selling illegal copies.

9  In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.

10  Stories about pirates often include a search for buried treasure.

11  The machine was used in a cave near the sea-shore where - it is said - pirates used to hide gold.

12  The children thought it great sport to dress up as pirates.

13  Last year more than a hundred ships were hijacked by pirates in Indonesian waters, a reflection of the growing lawlessness in the rest of the country.

14  Singing "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum," Long John Silver and his fellow pirates started to swill their grog.

15  The record company said pirates were not just copying existing albums but often recording new songs and packaging them as official new releases.