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- noun Plural form of
prow .
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Examples
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On the monument were the golden prows of ships, lions and bulls in Persian fashion, and hollow sculptures of Sirens, in each of which a living person could stand and sing songs of lamentation for his dead friend.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Often only the prows of bobbing dhows serve to mark the horizon, the features of their sailors lost in shadow.
Photo-Op: Dark Light 2011
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Officers stood at the prows, calling out to the strange craft through speaking trumpets.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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David saw towering rock formations on all sides, shaped like castles and temples and spires and prows.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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At the prows of the incoming craft, sailors waved shirts and hats and pointed back at the open sea.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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On the monument were the golden prows of ships, lions and bulls in Persian fashion, and hollow sculptures of Sirens, in each of which a living person could stand and sing songs of lamentation for his dead friend.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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At the prows of the incoming craft, sailors waved shirts and hats and pointed back at the open sea.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Officers stood at the prows, calling out to the strange craft through speaking trumpets.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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David saw towering rock formations on all sides, shaped like castles and temples and spires and prows.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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On the monument were the golden prows of ships, lions and bulls in Persian fashion, and hollow sculptures of Sirens, in each of which a living person could stand and sing songs of lamentation for his dead friend.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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