And then one morning guns fired, and a pitifully small ship limped into harbor with almost half its passengers dead.

At night the ship limped along, heading toward Cuba through dangerous waters.

As the ship limped into the late afternoon sky, he reluctantly consulted the reports and records Chai had transferred to him.

If the ship limps back to Gloucester half empty, he reasons, his partner will agree to the sale.

Damaged ships were limping in from everywhere in Tanith system.

They sent all thirteen ships equipped with dark-matter cloaks against us, and only five are limping home.

Not one single ship limped away to tell the tale.

The ship was now limping back to Glasgow.

The blaze was finally brought under control around midnight, and the ship limped into Leyte the next day.

Just as the armies readied to set out, a battered ship limped into harbour.