How to Use mooring in a Sentence

mooring

noun

• The wind was strong enough to tear the boat from its moorings.
• We found a temporary mooring in the harbor.
• So the mooring pins were freed, and Ms. Bruce, 31, steered away from the bank.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• Four sensors are on the dock to help guide the ship to its moorings.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• The Frenchman emerged from the mooring field in his own dinghy.
  — Kate Erickson, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
• The ships broke free from their moorings, and two were beached on the coast of Israel.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
• Placing moorings up and down the fjord to probe its depths.
  — Paul Voosen, Science Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
• Boaters may choose from 14 mooring buoys and two docks.
  — Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, 6 Sep. 2017
• Dinghies and sailboats bobbed at their moorings just off the beach.
  — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 8 Feb. 2018
• A 90-minute bus ride through the countryside took us to our mooring along the Danube.
  — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, 14 July 2017
• The fierce winds that evening tore the floating boat dock from its mooring and blew it a few hundred feet to the north.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
• At the bow of the ship is the anchor and gear room, which also holds a mooring post which slides out when the hatch is opened.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2020
• Mooring lived in Alpine with her husband and their young son.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
• But the net came off its moorings at the same time with Ekholm crashing into it.
  — Teresa M. Walker, The Denver Post, 16 May 2017
• Nine barges broke loose from their moorings about a quarter-mile north of I-10.
  — Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2019
• Twenty-four boats tied up in slips along the dock were moved to other moorings.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 May 2018
• The rescue team headed to the possum's location on the mooring close to the pier.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• Storm surges tore 20-ton sections of pier from their moorings and tossed them onto the shore.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• The lobster boat was returned to its mooring, Noel said.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2021
• The worker ran along the dock and somehow jumped aboard the boat in the nick of time, only to grab the keys away from Watson and steer it back to the mooring.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 6 June 2018
• The site will be marked with a deep-water mooring buoy so divers can safely visit the wreck.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
• The game was also briefly delayed late in the second half after one of the nets ripped off its mooring.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
• But the mooring field idea didn’t prove to be a viable solution.
  — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 9 Mar. 2018
• The two sailors — Mays and Gonzales — were each assigned to clean mooring stations on the ship.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• By Friday morning, oil sheens were seen at Piers 1 and 2 as well as in Hammond at the mooring basin.
  — Andre Meunier, OregonLive.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• When guests are not swimming at the stern, the swim platform doubles as a mooring spot for tenders and toys.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2023
• These West Coast wind farms will need to float, secured with a series of anchors and mooring lines.
  — Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• On July 14, a storm broke the moorings on Aldi’s rompong, setting him adrift.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2018
• Their ship filled with water, snapped its mooring lines and sank, drowning three.
  — Chris McNamara, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2017
• Bounce houses have been known to be ripped from their moorings by wind, with tragic results.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024