shape for

Example Sentences

• "We coasted that island one day until we arrived at the South Cape. Then, of course, we shaped for Stolboi, to the southwest, and we passed to the westward of it and landed on Seminov Island first. Then, from Seminov Island, we shaped a course to Barkin, and midway we were dispersed in the gale."
• "We shaped for Pointe-aux-Orignaux, twenty-one miles down in a dead straight line, but twenty-eight by the course we actually took. The redoubtable Baie Ste. Anne lay between us and our destination. It is a bad place for any kind of craft in dirty weather or at low tide, and I would advise canoemen to respect its humours accordingly."
• ". . . board shortly after, but no news came our way. We remained till 3 p.m., and proceeding to sea, we shaped for Para again, and after an uneventful passage, Para was reached at . . ."
• "On the way in we spoke the schooner Marconi, outward bound for the shark grounds off Dahlak, and got a very cheery Buon Giorno from her skipper and crew of happy-go-lucky Sicilians. After she had gone, sailing into the sun, we shaped for the entrance; but for once we had to wait, doing circles off Ras Al Madur, before going in, for the signal hoist to say traffic was outward bound was flying."
• "Barents set a course northeast to get the expedition around North Cape and shaped for Novaya Zemlya, but Rijp refused to follow it."
• "p.26: Would I! The Wanderlust has, as her sole virtue, the fact that she is indeed a spaceship and she was shaping for Earth. p.95: Actually I'm just marking time until we shape for Earth, because Venus is a Grave Disappointment--and now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Earth will not be a G.D., too."