Despite getting the man halfway up the ships' hull, his strength gave out and the sailor slipped from his grasp, never to be seen again.
Three sailors slipped by behind him to stand opposite the visitors-close to fire buckets.
The sailors slipped the hawsers and took their places at the oars.
Along the Potomac, the first hardy sailors and sculling enthusiasts slip into the gray waters.
A sailor stepped to my side and slipped something hard and cold into my hand.
The freckled sailor slipped a tiny gold chain from beneath his polo shirt, glancing at the attached cross like the White Rabbit consulting his pocket watch.
The sailors slipped their hawsers, and the ship moved out of the rainy harbour at a stately pace.
The sailor wriggled slightly to assure himself that he would topple over at the right moment, and slipped the first turn over his hands.
In a violent snowstorm during a sledge trip, a young sailor named George Vince slipped over a precipice to his death.
At that moment, a Chinese sailor slipped into the water and was shot.