How to use "ships" in a sentence

Some ships tried to find it and kill it, but they never returned.

He worked on the ships

Judge Harold Kennebeck built exquisitely detailed ships in bottles

His ships, sealed in their glass worlds, relaxed him; he liked to spend time with them when he had a problem to work out or when he was on edge, for they made him feel serene, and that security allowed his mind to function at peak performance.

He could see a time when there would be no aeroplanes, ships, trains or cars and, therefore, no roads or railway lines, ports, airports or stations

Until about midday there were still many ships on the Thames, attracted by the enormous sums of money offered by refugees

It is said that many who swam out to these ships were pushed away and drowned

This caused a terrible panic and all the ships and boats tried to leave at the same time

After several more hours on the road, they suddenly saw the sea and the most amazing crowd of ships of all types that it is possible to imagine.

After the sailors could no longer come up the Thames, they went to the towns on the Essex coast to take people onto their ships

Beyond these were the larger ships - a great number of coal ships, ships carrying goods, and neat white and grey passenger ships from Southampton and Hamburg.

It was the first Martian that my brother had seen, and he stood, more amazed than frightened, as it moved steadily towards the ships, walking further and further into the water

Looking to the north-east, my brother saw the long line of ships already moving away from the approaching terror

Everyone was shouting and they could hear shouts and cheers from the other ships and the boats

As soon as they've destroyed all our guns and ships and railways, they'll begin to catch us one by one, picking the best and keeping us in cages and things

All the ships in the world seemed to be coming to London in those days