Battened Sentence Examples

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  • Once out at sea, the crew seemed to be taking a very long time to raise her fully battened mainsails.

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  • Personally I don't think it looks good, that they've adopted a siege mentality and battened down the hatches.

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  • Personally I do n't think it looks good, that they 've adopted a siege mentality and battened down the hatches.

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