buoy - use in sentences

Object

  • channel: We then started really dodging about, through lakes with buoyed channels, which are interconnected by short cuts.
  • line: The buoy line is attached at the point where the forward section of the ship has broken from the bow.
  • operation: MCA said that a surveyor had investigated the safety of the buoy recovery operations on ' Vessel X ' .

Converse of object

  • drift: The group has always been involved in the development of drifting buoys.

Subject

  • victory: Buoyed by the home victory against Arsenal seven days earlier, Allardyce opted not to make any chances to his starting line-up.
  • success: Buoyed by the success of the operating system, the company was floated in 1986, raising $ 61 million.

Converse of subject

  • mark: The zones for swimming and the zones for water sports are clearly marked by buoys.

Adjective modifier

  • navigational: Worse still, a navigational buoy had been moved and the requisite chart corrections were lacking.
  • floating: Vega LED Beacons are factory sealed for life, and are ideal for use on floating buoys or at fixed sites.
  • yellow: The yellow buoy can be seen in the center of the picture.

Modifying Another Word

  • on: The net floats above the wreck somewhat on buoys, but is tight and so fairly safe.
  • around: St Malo fades, we zig-zag around buoys & lighthouses to the open sea.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • along: However, the teaching in the faculty was superb and I just seemed to get buoyed along by the current.
  • up: The eternal city appeared to be floating in mid air, buoyed up on an ethereal orange haze.

Used with why or when

  • that: We found a diminutive bottle buoy that helped us to find the wreck.
  • when: Look for buoys when you are nearly on top of them.

Present participle complement

  • mark: The buoy marking it had drifted away in the storm.

Noun used with modifier

  • marker: A well equipped craft providing vigilant surface cover and ready to recall divers or follow marker buoys is essential.

Preposition: by

  • victory: Buoyed by the home victory against Arsenal seven days earlier, Allardyce opted not to make any chances to his starting line-up.
  • success: Buoyed by the success of the operating system, the company was floated in 1986, raising $ 61 million.

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