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Examples

  • But how does he turn the liner in an era of speed-boat attention spans?

    Turning an ocean liner in an era of speedboats 2009

  • Due to speed-boat suicide-bombers and outright bombings of cargo-terminals in the region, our heroic-defenders are serving and protecting all people equally, and that means YOUR ASS as well.

    What is This "Iranian Provocation" BS? 2008

  • But during the Clinton admin, some of our heroic-defenders lost their lives by an inflatable-raft 'speed-boat' with a fast-engine attached, and filled with explosives.

    What is This "Iranian Provocation" BS? 2008

  • I sang "Rockabye Sweet Baby James" to an infant manatee who was recovering from a speed-boat injury at a wildlife rescue park in Tampa.

    February 23rd, 2005 2005

  • A speed-boat of the type used from beaches in the summer for joy-riding came from the creek to meet them, throwing the waves magnificently aside.

    What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

  • With that sail the little yacht had all she wanted; she surged away to the north with the wind free, clambering up over the one side of the rollers and charging down the other side like a speed-boat.

    What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

  • A speed-boat of the type used from beaches in the summer for joy-riding came from the creek to meet them, throwing the waves magnificently aside.

    What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

  • The speed-boat sheered away and went to intercept a little rowing-boat.

    What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

  • The speed-boat sheered away and went to intercept a little rowing-boat.

    What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

  • With that sail the little yacht had all she wanted; she surged away to the north with the wind free, clambering up over the one side of the rollers and charging down the other side like a speed-boat.

    What Happened to the Corbetts Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1939

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