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Skipper in sentence

28 examples of Skipper in a sentence

He is the skipper of a boat and she stays to travel with him.
Another interesting thing about this one is that Alan Hale (the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island") is not yet so fat, and he can still lower his arms below his waist.
Planet One organizer Jerry Ryan (Ryan McTavish of "Hellbent") pays charter boat skipper Jim Stoddard (Michael Pare of CBS-TV's "Houston Knights") five grand with the promise of another five grand if he will take them to this forbidden island.
A story of a family getting a new puppy (from a farmer who just happen to be in the neighborhood selling fruits and vegetables) because their dog Skipper was killed.Coencidence?
The cop who's "calling all cars" is the Skipper from Gilligan's Island!
The death of Bryan's former skipper was an accurate portrayal of an actual incident as was the machine gunning of Japanese survivors which did occur during the war.
Keeping on Wing Commander III, the skipper missile was an experimental weapon used by the Kilrathi at the end of the war.
The cloaked "phantom fighters" that made their debut in Wing Commander II would still have been in development at the time of the movie, let alone well known skipper missiles for the first movie.
The skipper is suspected of committing 'foul play' on a rival and sinks to the bottom of a bottle and the port he meets and is tricked into a cruise by the women in is obviously Gibraltar (old Morris 1300 driven by port officials, scene showing the Rock).
As for liquors, I found several, cases of bottles belonging to our skipper, in which were some cordial waters; and, in all, about five or six gallons of rack.
He hired domestics, and purchased many things necessary for a long voyage; at length Mynheer Vanderdendur, skipper of a large Dutch vessel, came and offered his service.
The skipper asked ten thousand piastres, and Candide agreed to his demand without hestitation.
"Zounds!" said the skipper to himself, "this man agrees to pay twenty thousand piastres with as much ease as ten."
Candide sold two small diamonds, the least of which was worth more than all the skipper asked.
The skipper took advantage of his opportunity, hoisted sail, and put out to sea with a favorable wind.
The magistrate began with fining him ten thousand piastres for his petulance, and then listened very patiently to what he had to say, promised to examine into the affair on the skipper's return, and ordered him to pay ten thousand piastres more for the fees of the court.
This treatment put Candide out of all patience; it is true, he had suffered misfortunes a thousand times more grievous, but the cool insolence of the judge, and the villainy of the skipper raised his choler and threw him into a deep melancholy.
Besides, Candide had money and jewels, and, not withstanding he had lost a hundred red sheep laden with the greatest treasure outside of El Dorado, and though he still smarted from the reflection of the Dutch skipper's knavery, yet when he considered what he had still left, and repeated the name of Cunegund, especially after meal times, he inclined to Pangloss's doctrine.
This villain, the Dutch skipper, has met with the fate he deserved."
Candide was so shocked at what he saw and heard, that he would not set foot on shore, but made a bargain with the Dutch skipper (were he even to rob him like the captain of Surinam) to carry him directly to Venice.
The skipper was ready in two days.
Heretired to le Havre, bought a boat, and became an amateur skipper.
Pierre, who was nearest to the two women, took the stroke oar, Jean theother, and they sat waiting till the skipper should say: "Give way! "Forhe insisted on everything being done according to strict rule.
At last the skipper cried: "Stop her!"The two oars were liftedsimultaneously, and then by his father's orders Jean pulled alone fora few minutes.
It used to be said thatFortune was blind, but I believe that she is only short-sighted ortricksy, and that she has lately bought a good pair of glasses whichenabled her to discover in the town of Havre the son of our worthyfriend Roland, skipper of the Pearl."
However, he could not lay claim to the idea of building and fitting up the Dolphin; she belonged to his nephew, James Playfair, a fine young man of thirty, the boldest skipper of the British merchant marine.
The skipper went on board on the 2nd of January, and was giving a last look round his ship with a captain’s eye, when a man presented himself at the fore part of the Dolphin, and asked to speak with the Captain.
When he had reached the Captain, he looked fixedly at him, and said,“Captain James Playfair?”“The same,” replied the skipper.