SLOOP in a Sentence

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For SLOOP, below is one of 9 sentences:
At the end of a hundred paces, the ground began to decline, and he could only see the mast of the sloop.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLOOP
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sloop
 n.  single-mast sailing boat
Classic Sentence:
1  This sloop was named Sally Lloyd, in honor of one of the colonel's daughters.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  I sailed from Baltimore for St. Michael's in the sloop Amanda, Captain Edward Dodson.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  I found employment, the third day after my arrival, in stowing a sloop with a load of oil.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Upon the tenth day we were chased by two pirates, who soon overtook us; for my sloop was so deep laden, that she sailed very slow, neither were we in a condition to defend ourselves.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER I.
5  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.
6  In fact, they touched the sloop.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 58 ESCAPE
7  At the end of a hundred paces, the ground began to decline, and he could only see the mast of the sloop.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 59 WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
8  For an old built sloop, you would not see her equal.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
Example Sentence:
1  In earlier part of the 19th centuries, a sloop of war was a small sailing warship with a single gun deck that carried anything up to eighteen cannon.