How To Use Deck In A Sentence

Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
The man played idly with a deck of cards, shuffling and re-shuffling with a bit of a smirk on his face.
The watch on deck soon came to the conclusion that "sailoring" was not particularly funny at night, for there was a good deal of gaping, and not a little impatience for the eight bells that would relieve them for Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
Avoiding tripping over the lines on deck, you then have to quant your boat through the bridge. Times, Sunday Times

The double nosewheel straddled the slots in the deck where the shuttle ran. THE SHADOWS OF POWER
The lightship has had uplighters added to its fore and aft masts with lighting units added around its deck and jetty.
After being dropped in a club to give people a taste of what to expect, it has been spun on decks uncontrollably ever since.
By the time we had got the boat to the waist, the ship had filled with water, and was going down on her beam-ends: we shoved our boat as quickly as possible from the plank-shear ** A timber around a vessel's hull at deck line. into the water, all hands jumping in her at the same time, and launched off clear of the ship. The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
Or should I just accept the fact that fate has dealt me a card from the bottom of the deck and move on?
That includes splashing out on three deckchairs with matching beach huts for the patio. The Sun
Thomas writes colorfully of blackguards and mistresses, salty sea dogs and young midshipmen, bloody quarterdecks and Parisian salons.
Pearl scurried about the deck, searching the pirate crew to find the captain.
Only two men could be seen on her deck, one at the tiller and one amidships to work the sail.
The vessel has an aluminium deckhouse with skippers cabin, CO2 room, casing, ventilation and Hi-press room.
HOUSES decked out in bright lights are the worst seasonal faux pas, according to a survey. The Sun
“When I mentioned Mr. Snow’s name belowdecks it stirred up quite a fuss,” she said. The Berrybender Narratives
It's time to get back to basics, so hit the deck and channel your inner grizzly bear. The Sun
A collection of tattered men o'war and patched sloops is firing directly over the decks of the old admiral's flagship and into the area of HMS Brown.
The lower deck, below the water line, was for cargo.
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But come Saturday night, they gather in Johannesburg basements, decked out to the nines and stylishly vogue like New York fashionistas.
She was a pretty vessel: schooner-rigged, very low in the water, and -- as we found out when we took her -- of very deep draught; broad in the beam, and ` flush-decked 'fore and aft, with no raised fore or after castles. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings. Birdology
A small fortune will await the man who can reach the upper deck.
Considering that the ship has been down almost 60 years, the wooden decking is in most places surprisingly intact, though it has rotted almost completely away in some areas.
We sat on the top deck and took in some impressive hillside scenery en route. Times, Sunday Times
We sit on the top deck and zone out, gazing into the middle distance with dippy smiles on our faces.
His remarkable adapted style at the decks involves him mixing records using his mouth.
She climbed aboard the Mumbles train and huddled in a seat in the warmth of the lower deck.
By the time the sloop's deck was perpendicular, we had unbent the boom-lift from below, made it fast to the wharf, and, with the other end fast nearly to the mast-head, heaved it taut with block and tackle. SMALL-BOAT SAILING
The fused parietals form the posterior two-thirds of the sagittal crest, expanding posteriorly to form a flattened, sculpted deck behind the supratemporal fenestrae adjacent to the squamosals.
The beach is an easy walk away, and there's access to a communal pool area via the covered terrace and sun deck. Times, Sunday Times
After the recording is finished, the tape rewinds and the deck starts scanning for commercials.
He groaned, and felt the bulkhead, slowly coming to his knees, and standing, trying to orient himself to his position on ‘B’ deck.
Three-decker novel about the contrasting, intersecting lives of a Chinese boy and girl, born in the same mainland village and brought to America by force of circumstances. Obama Talks. People Listen. Markets Tank.
The deck and hull are fastened together with adhesives and mechanical fasteners.
That night, we anchored in Geneviz Limani - the Bay of the Genoese - and dined on the poop deck as the moon rose and the sound of the lapping tide echoed against the towering cliffs.
With a sigh, I take a few steps around the deck and look homeward, towards the town.
Click on one that most closely approximates the deck you want to build.
Once again, the RNLI lifeboat was called out, when a quarter-decked fishing boat was reported in danger of foundering on the rocks.
So she sware to him that she would not do him any hurt or ensorcell him, and bidding bring him a fine horse, saddled and bridled with a golden bridle and decked with trappings all of gold set with jewels, gave the old man a thousand dinars saying, Use this.’’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The DLR has become the latest corporate supporter of The Cutty Sark Trust after donating £5,000 to help ensure the deckhouses are sufficiently watertight to withstand the rain.
Going upstairs to the third floor, there's some artwork from Morocco and a little outdoor deck.
He went up the ladder onto the deck.
Others stayed on the slippery canting decks until the City of Benares foundered, struggling to free rafts and jammed lifeboats. THE LONELY SEA
Feet sounded on the deck, the thud of a heavy rope against the hull, the blare of a siren. HIGH STAND
On a certain day it was given a concert performance on the deck of the ship. DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America
So we got an open-top double-decker bus and drove round playing on the roof. Times, Sunday Times
The best decking is made of hardwood or pressure-treated softwood.
We sat on deck until it was dark.
You look over the side of the deck and see smooth flowing waves, and the rain leaving ripples in the water.
Fleet went toppling over backwards, sending his armful of cannonballs clattering across the deck.
But the frigate rallied and righted while the sea streamed below decks, though her hatches were laid and her hawseholes bagged.
The lower deck, below the water line, was for cargo.
The two of them headed down the hatchway to the lowest deck.
The Canadian deck crew chocked and chained the helicopter, we transferred the parts, and signaled for breakdown.
He cocked his head as he felt the deck under his feet thrumming with power.
Its simple pleasures include a cute brass hand pump to fill up your bathroom sink and dinner à deux on your deck. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike the buccaneers, who had fired high to cripple their enemies above decks, the French fifed low to smash the hull of their assailant. Captain Blood
However, water in the bilges, moving between the inner and outer skins as the ship rolled, did create a small amount of air movement in the lower deck cabins.
Within a matter of a few months following construction the plaintiff began to receive complaints that water from rainfall was ponding on this upper parking deck and not draining away.
Poor Sundry Buyers continually pressed his abdomen as he toiled around the deck-capstans; and never was Nancy's face quite so forlorn as when he obeyed the Maltese Cockney's command and went up to loose the mizzen-skysail. CHAPTER L
But there is something very romantic about the notion of the pirate that remains to this day: The skill of two swashbucklers battling on the deck of a ship, the hunt for buried treasure and the thrill of lawlessness.
But just now, on the train from Fribourg back home, the productive and calm silence was interrupted by an announcement where to find the restaurant in four languages, and when the "minibar" passed the upper deck of our wagon, the voice again made sure we knew. Planet Debian
The stringer connects the level of the deck to the grade, for the installation of stair risers and treads.
The junior deckhand on duty had fallen asleep, chronically fatigued after his eight hours' sleep in the previous 24 hours were broken into three periods.
Kicking Deckard in the nads is the only way she has of showing her love. SF love triangles
Inspection hosing test for upper deck.
He's just been asked why, within months of becoming leader, David Cameron had donned salopettes to travel to the Arctic with huskies in a demonstration of a new leader with new values, but at a similar stage in his leadership Ed Miliband is at home in north London, new Timberland deck shoes sparkling, nowhere near the north pole but in a living room with a beautiful cream carpet the closest thing to snow. Ed Miliband ? no huskies, no north pole, but he's in for the long haul
I. ii.155 (14,6) [deck'd the sea] _To deck the sea_, if explained, to honour, adorn, or dignify, is indeed ridiculous, but the original import of the verb _deck_ is, _to cover_; so in some parts they yet say _deck the table_. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
Its mast hung in a cradle from the ceiling, and its sails were folded in neat bundles on the deck.
He decked himself out in his best suit.
Last week the frustration was shared from the top deck of the bus to the foredeck of the luxury yacht. Our dependence on new technology has its scary side | Observer editorial
At the end of the time he was out of money but was befriended by the captain of a luxury tourist canal barge who offered him a two month job as a deckhand.
Using the hook like a weaver's batten, he secured the heaving line under the two-inch rope that ran the length of the deck. LET NOT THE DEEP
I was sorely tempted to deck him, just to make certain he knew I wasn't batting on the same side as he was.
With her long black skirt and fruit and flower bedecked hat she looked every inch the children's nanny and as a nursery teacher in real life it's a role she is not entirely unfamiliar with.
We are surfeited with Italian cities for the present, and much prefer to walk the familiar quarter-deck and view this one from a distance.
Students decked up as traditional warriors, zulu tribals and khakhi-clad men ready to go into the bush, welcomed the guests.
Am I too old for... deckchair stripes? Times, Sunday Times
The room leads to a walk-out deck, garden and inground pool. Globe and Mail
Married at an early age, the Florentine woman from the propertied classes did not own either her dowry or the rich clothes and jewels which bedecked her during the wedding ceremony.
The clues aren't obvious—very few will be decked in deerstalker hats or carrying a pipe, and they most pointedly do not say, "Elementary, my dear Watson," a phrase their hero never once uttered in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works. The Case of the Sherlock Convention
Our hero grew less fearful of a wreck And took a little stroll upon the deck. The Times Literary Supplement
It's a day where people celebrate by drinking the worst-tasting beer they can find, wearing ratty blue singlet tops with Australian flags as a cape, eating burnt "snags" from the "barbie" and listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown on the radio from the plush confines of a deck chair placed in a kiddie's wading pool. A List For Australia Day
These vaulted casemates form the main walls of the fort and support the wide gundeck, the roof of the Castillo.
After three hours her bulletproof double-decker bus had moved only 300 yards. Times, Sunday Times
Out the patio door, the wooden deck was high off the ground and made of light oak wood.
In the darkened operations room below decks, grey overalled officers and sailors watched an approaching blip on their radar screens.
On deck, Freyen was looking at the manoeuvres to dock the vessel with a serious look on his face.
Attach a block to each of the exposed joists where the joist meets the deck board using four 3-in. #8 exterior screws.
One extraordinary reminder of the past greets every in-coming visitor to Cork airport: an old gas fire, with fake coal effect, bedecked with horse brasses and completed with a set of comfy seats.
I suppose it clears the deck of suspects.
Or maybe it is because my hair is the same colour as popular lacquers which is what guys are noticing: “Gee, that would be the perfect colour for my deck coating.” Crip Lesbian Lolita Gothic: or "How my clothes control people."
What that meant was that no more of the existing metal deck roof would be stripped off each day than could be re-covered that day.
The boat drew alongside us and a man appeared on the deck.
The main points of interest on the three deck levels are the railings, lifeboat davits and companionways.
Could it be that behind the sophomoric, mischievous, dismissive, even nihilistic style, Vice is the voice of a twenty-something generation clearing the decks for a new aesthetic?
A mariner emerges from the hatchway and climbs the rigging, while below the boatswain and ship's master are thrown about on deck.
Susan Warren and her son Mark, 15, from Cheadle Hulme, joined the queue at 5.50 am, kitted out with deckchairs, waterproofs and a flask.
The ancient sidewheel steamer was small and there were few passengers on the upper deck, forward. Janice Day at Poketown
There's an earsplitting boom and Stephen Lang hits the deck hard as the windows implode. Terra Nova Exclusive: On the Set of TV's Hottest New Show
Caught under by the breeze, the awnings of the fore-deck bellied upwards and collapsed slowly, and above their heavy flapping the gray stuff of Captain Whalley's roomy coat fluttered incessantly around his arms and trunk.
Bradley Cooper as faceman perfect fit and liam neeson as hannibal wasn't my fit choice but I like that made his hair white,nice touchI love the poster and Jessica Biel is sooo sweet! but will there be a Decker in the movie? Photo Roundup: New Looks at The A-Team, Green Hornet, Clash of the Titans, Red Dawn and Date Night | /Film
Admiral Boyle commanded the entire crew to assemble on deck.
Zack, all beaming blondness and supersocial to the core, charmed all the guests, crawling on the lawn and the deck, raising his arms to ask people to pick him up. Falling Apart in One Piece
Nearchus, however, went along the deck encouraging the men to remain firm and—in a move that must have struck the frightened sailors as sheer madness—ordered the helmsmen to turn their bows toward the whales in attack formation. Alexander the Great
As the storm began, everyone disappeared below deck.
He spent the afternoon in a deck-chair, with closed eyes, dozing brokenly most of the time, and in the evening went early to bed. Chapter 46
To think some people believe a cruise is all dinner jackets and deck quoits! The Sun
We wrote recently about building a deck, and many readers have responded with questions and anecdotes about deck experiences.
The restaurant drifts into decking areas for when the sun shines. Times, Sunday Times
Most caps are made from cedar, but you can also find redwood and other woods, as well as synthetics that match some of the popular engineered decking materials.
And as the opening grew larger the fine powderlike sand began to fall into the power deck. Stand by for Mars!
And, as if it to prove a point, he shepherded us to the top deck for an aerial, whistle-stop tour of the city away from the thundering road drills.
The bridge was a line of old barges that had been crudely tied together, the deck a mishmash of welded patches of dented rusting metal.
It has been declared safe after interim work to build a protection deck underneath its suspended ceiling. Times, Sunday Times
She stood on deck to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings.
Matt followed Katherine's lead and moved out onto the tiny foredeck of the sloop.
A marionette danced on strings, a jester decking in bells and bright red and yellow.
One example he gives is the number of permutations possible with 59 objects - only slightly more than a deck of cards.
There are some who can perform magic tricks while others cannot even shuffle a deck of cards.
Without her I wouldn't have the mental image of Dick Cheney decked out like Rambo with a belt fed machine gun in one hand, and bandoleers crossed over his ripped chest, standing in the city street in front of some WW2 tanks. Tired of pink men.
Some few years ago volleyball was played on the sandy beach area behind the deckchairs, and the past city hall officers said no to this and stated you must play on the water's edge area.
The scuppers, or the devices to allow the water to drain off the decks have been opened - they're normally in a closed position.
Well lit with glass doors on to the deck and ceiling spotlights. Times, Sunday Times
"The observation deck is over ten thousand feet above ground, " she said at one point.
The standard way to mix a deck of playing cards—the one used everywhere from casinos to rec rooms—is what is known as a riffle or "dovetail" shuffle. Pick a Card, Any Card
This flight-deck director didn't understand the pilot's intentions, or he wouldn't have run out on the deck and started to chock and chain the aircraft.
The grandeur is tempered by contemporary touches: sofas are vibrant velvet and walls are decked with modern artworks. Times, Sunday Times
The captain paced restlessly up and down, pausing occasionally to survey the vagrant smoke wisps and to trace them back to the portions of the deck from which they sprang. THE SEED OF McCOY
You can spend your days however you like: soaking up the sun on deck, enjoying a beauty treatment or working out in the gym.
Am I too old for... deckchair stripes? Times, Sunday Times
You should shoot for a three-ounce portion of lean meat, which is equal in size to a deck of cards.
The Royals have cleared the decks and are playing a bunch of rookies on the cheap this year.
There might be an additional superstructure or deckhouse at the stern.
Our flight-deck crew had been working nonstop in support of real-world operations and day-night training evolutions.
I slipped away from the port and went along the deck to the break of the poop, where I held on and stood staring through the gray and spray in the conjectural direction of our drift. CHAPTER XXXVIII
Navy commandoes slid down to the vessel one by one, yet then the unexpected occurred: The passengers that awaited them on the deck pulled out bats, clubs, and slingshots with glass marbles, assaulting each soldier as he disembarked. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
About 40 survivors cowered on the quarterdeck.
Next, he boosted the Airedale up the companionway and slung him over the lifelines and onto the deck of the powerboat. CORMORANT
This brought the majority of the crew onto the main deck, many armed, all alarmed.
Side loading eliminated the need to drive over the deck to reach other flat cars, so it was eliminated, along with its expense, and more importantly, tare weight.
Lady, are you a few aces short of a deck?
All previous decks had shown pips like a normal pack of playing cards.
A solitary leatherjacket was spotted on the deck, and it relished biting into my finger, which was cut on some of the sharp metal deeper in the ship.
The bar turned out to be surprisingly spacious, with a restaurant downstairs, and a bar with an attached roof deck upstairs.
2 A joist is a support beam used in both floor and roof systems to support the decking material usually plywood over which the finished floor or roof is laid. Managing New Product and Process Development
While I had the deck off of my riding mower, I sandblasted and painted the topside, then applied two coats of fiberglass resin to the underside.
There are liable to be rocks, propellers, exhaust, slippery decks, cleats, and a host of other potential bugaboos that must be considered.
An hour south is the Blue Lagoon, a lake with steam vents that has been developed into a beach, healing bath, and beauty spa with deck chairs, a bar, a cafeteria, massages, mud packs, and even a gift shop.
The draft report suggests the 26 ft open-deck fishing boat was unseaworthy, overloaded and unstable.
Buks yomped ahead across the helideck and tossed the words back over his shoulder. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
The carrier's 1,092-foot flight deck outperforms some of the best commercial airports, launching and recovering up to 90 aircraft on hundreds of flights every day, according to the Navy.
We sat on the top deck and took in some impressive hillside scenery en route. Times, Sunday Times
Steven Sippila, skipper of the Sinikka, and his deckhand Scott Boyle have been busy this week preparing their equipment and bait for the busy 13-week season.
The upper deck rejoined with snide remarks about the purple empire.
Buhner jokes how he used to hear crickets chirp from the upper decks of the Kingdome and the sound of a toilet flushing in the 300-level. USATODAY.com - M's enjoy newfound happiness
They were able to swim down and then out of the hull to join eight other tourists and the yacht's master on the deck linking the hulls of the upturned craft.
The entrance to the store was bedecked in hundreds of green and yellow balloons, and the store itself is just fabulous.
As one the three hanging soldiers hit the deck and released their harness while moving into a forward roll, and as one the tree shadows moved into positions on the guards patrol routes.
We found a lifeboat suspended 10 feet above the deck and bedded down under a tarpaulin.
The second and one white oiler was all that was left below, and I was in command on deck, when we made port. CHAPTER XXI
The trunk, which readers away from boatable waters may need to be informed is an elevation about a foot above the main deck, to afford head-room in the middle of the cabin, had three deck lights, or ports, on each side. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder
We space out activities between stints of R&R around the top deck's four pools. Times, Sunday Times
It wasn't until she'd pushed herself across the command deck and gently touched his arm that he pointed down at the massive fumarole below them. Asimov's Science Fiction
Petra, you said you wanted to talk about how I infiltrate Radecki's world. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Some cabins on the lower decks were awash, giving the clue to the vessel's general lack of seaworthiness.
Below the decks, the middle passage was a hot, narrow, sunless nightmare; weeks and months of confinement and abuse and confusion on a strange and lonely sea.
Above the subwoofer is a 25-year-old reel-to-reel tape deck of the kind used in broadcast studios.
As this issue of TIME closed, our editorial staff discovered it had some lovely reasons for an impromptu party: three orchid-decked researchers ablush and abeam with plans for marriage.
Then he tried to be a trendy DJ by mixing it up on a record deck, before landing a smacker on 13-year-old Vicky Hopson.
The building's long, curved roofline is balanced on one side by a tall, twisting tower, with an observation deck floating above the city like a treehouse.
But the story is enlivened by photographs, Evon Zerbetz's striking linocut illustrations, and excerpts from the Marzluffs' journals, which add a certain immediacy to recollections now more two decades old: "We hear the deck and even the trees popping, like shots from a rifle, especially when the temperature drops below 0° F," Colleen writes. Coming of Age as a Bird of Prey
As the on-scene crew reported that the vessel obviously was riding very low and taking waves over the deck, several courses of action were discussed.
With some horned helmets and a couple of axes they would have fitted right in on the deck of a longship.
Admiral Boyle commanded the entire crew to assemble on deck.
At sea, the sailors are continually engaged in "parcelling," "serving," and in a thousand ways ornamenting and repairing the numberless shrouds and stays; mending sails, or turning one side of the deck into a rope-walk, where they manufacture a clumsy sort of twine, called spun-yarn. Redburn. His First Voyage
Underneath some shabby canvas tarps on the cargo deck were stacked a dozen bulky mattresses and twenty thick pine boards.
The boys are dressed like dusty caballeros and the gals are decked out like the pretty señoritas on old Havana cigar boxes.
So Sri Lanka and a flat deck were a pretty helpful combination and they began to make the first tottering steps. Times, Sunday Times
Double doors lead from here to a decked patio.
Crab A, Meiring M, Pritchard D, Deckmyn H (2001) Identification of a collagen-binding protein from Necator americanus by using a cDNA-expression phage display library. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
The hulls and decks are built with hand-laid layers of fiberglass cloth for a uniform structure with high strength and durability.
After a suitable cooling off period, Mark reheated Tanj's coffee cup, and took it to her on the flight deck.
Enjoy a long late lunch here on the deck of the Horizons waterfront restaurant.
There's also a stunning communal sundeck from which to admire the city views. Times, Sunday Times
'Get along up on deck, soldier,' said a bluejacket. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
Normally land like this is simply sold to the highest bidder, and the city gets a new office tower or parking deck. Smithsonian Mag
Two helicopters winched the passengers to safety from the deck of the ship.
On merchant ships the sailors work largely in darkness below decks because oil is a precious thing.
But we have what we call a rear spoiler on the deck lid that the air comes over the back glass and it hits that spoiler and it drives the back end to the ground. Oral History Interview with Junior Johnson, June 4, 1988. Interview C-0053. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
So rather than going back to the league with a rebuilt version to see what other, alternative decks from the same card pool might win, I have been consistently playing this Godawful losing deck all weekend. My Amazing Birthday Deck
Of course, when working at a major swim meet, I'm usually going to be constantly walking up and down many flights of stairs from the pool deck to the media tribune for several days straight.
And the idea of a day or two of not being the Captain (and First Mate, and deckhand, and cook, and scullery maid) of the Good Ship Our House is just so, so, so compelling. Guilt, Trip - Her Bad Mother
a small deckhouse, holding on by ropes, and in feebleness welcoming the stranger with hats in hand. The Diadem Rescuing the Crew of the C. W. Connor
By 1 p.m. we had another forty-five sheep on deck and decided to call it a day.
Today, he said, the most popular places for people to meet or mingle at AvalonBay's various suburban complexes around the state are at the dog runs, which offer benches for the humans - or else the outdoor "cucina" cooking areas and rooftop decks. NYT > Home Page
Back at the Grand Hotel there is also a small outdoor pool at the lakeside and an ample terrace on which to recline in a deckchair.

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