ride at anchor

There were several other ships riding at anchor outside the harbor.

I think it would be better if, when I've gone, you took the machine well out into the lagoon and let her ride at anchor.

From the other window, he saw the lights of trading vessels riding at anchor.

I'd like to know what's in that ship you've got riding at anchor out there."

Others rode at anchor in the harbor, but no life appeared on their decks.

I gestured toward where the slim white ship rode at anchor, waiting for dark.

And in the harbor, their magnificent yachts rode at anchor.

Two cutters in the area were riding at anchor.

He looked back and saw the John Tyler riding at anchor behind the island.

Other lights shone across the water where enemy ships rode at anchor.

A couple of flat-bottom boats ride at anchor under the water mill.

The bell on a barge riding at anchor rang nearby.

Japanese and British gunboats rode at anchor in the great harbor.

All this was very wonderful, and so were the clustered boats riding at anchor in the harbor.

The crews of two other ships riding at anchor joined in the ruckus.

In the background, a ship rides at anchor.

President Bush argued, in effect, that the ship of state could ride at anchor in the harbor.

And look, there are ships riding at anchor.

All around them ships of every size rode at anchor while the river bank was massed with arms and provisions.

An assortment of boats rode at anchor, some of them looking very fast indeed.

At the waterfront, he could clearly see the Jefferson riding at anchor out in the bay.

For a long time there was no sound in the room but the creaking of the fittings as the junk rode at anchor.

Transports were riding at anchor with landing craft swarming in the water about them.

Geneva arrived off Bikini on 30 May 1946 and rode at anchor for a month.

Back of the Smithsonian Institution, a gunboat rode at anchor.