Sentence Examples:
Perhaps holding the helm has become second nature to men simply because they have held the helm so long, but I am inclined to think they have a very definite desire to have women help steer the ship.
Port your helm a little, and run down as close as seems safe to that fellow out yonder, until I hail him.
The dashing spray fell ever it, almost blinding its crew, and the helm no longer had power to divert its headlong course.
The way in which he handled the helm showed that he knew the tricks of the old ferryman by wind and calm, by high and low river.
Putting his helm down, his schooner came heavily round, and was filled on a course that soon carried her half a mile into this passage.
Even thus supported, and called to the helm, with perhaps as much popularity, as any administration ever enjoyed, they did not carry their measure in parliament without difficulty.
Over with the helm now, but not too quick, and hold her steady when she stands for the land and don't get scared at a little surf.
A motion of my hand ordered him to put the helm hard up, and the answering sign let me know that I was obeyed.
Even with the helm up, it scarce equalled half a knot; I began to fear I should not be able to reach my goal, after all!
Seeing the colony again deserted by the agent and in a state of discontent and confusion, he forgot his wrongs and remained at the helm.
Their young host, who could never remain without doing something, had taken charge of the helm to relieve the old master of the vessel, and the latter had lain down and was fast asleep.
The man gave him the helm, and he stood directly in among the rocks, the people standing on the shore thinking they were mad, and that they would in a few minutes be dashed in a thousand pieces.
It was in circumstances such as these that her husband used to shine, taking the helm in every crisis, giving orders and settling questions, though to no avail at all.
For two nights and a day he scarcely rested, managing almost at the same time both helm and motor, since he did not dare to let out all his sails with this scarcity of sailors.
Fritz was at the helm, and appeared to have no fear; I will not say that his father was so tranquil.
He abandoned the helm, and in a few moments two heads and two guns showed over the rail, and two shots rang out.
The poor fellow at the helm stuck to his post casting up his accounts at the same time, putting on an air of terrible misery.
He sees the raging of the waters, and he feels that the little boat needs a careful hand at the helm.
The bass then began to stop biting; and Frank, who was at the helm, turned the boat toward the "perch-bed," which was some distance further down the river.
Once more the light vessel yielded to the helm, and, with every thing set to the best advantage, she darted along the passage.
And then they rushed together like two boars, and laid on their helms and shields long time, by the space of three hours, that never man could say which was the better knight.
Begin slowly, take the helm little by little, do all you can yourself, speak pleasantly, and try to bring 'em around gradually or at least get some on your side.
The helm was very long, which gives the advantage of a long arm of leverage, but the disadvantage of a small arc of effort.
I saw my father lash the helm, and then he and the rest got the two axes that hung by the cabin door, and came forward with them.
The helm was immediately put down; but as the ship went round she touched on the bank, dragged, and was again clear.
He had had to take his turn at the helm, all the sailors being engaged at the sails, and, with the waves breaking over him, he had kept her head to the wind for more than two hours.
The great ships did not pass near me, and so I sat under a hazy sky restraining the slight vibration of the helm and waiting for the wind.
The elders have been pilots at the helm, when the ship was driven by fiercest storms, and the ministers had altogether disappeared.
Sir, said the squire, here I have brought you all your arms save your helm and your sword, and therefore by mine assent now may ye take this knight's helm and his sword: and so he did.
Voyaging in these seas, you may glide along for weeks without starting tack or sheet, hardly moving the helm a spoke, so mild and constant are the Trades.
Now one was going to swarm down the rope to get it, but as he swung the rope to him, the bucket swayed in the water under the helm, and he saw that it did so.
Then, as I bent to see if it had tightened when I would draw the sword away, I could see beneath the helm the face of the dead, shrunken indeed and brown, but as of one at rest and beyond anger.
It was with difficulty that three men at the wheel could keep the helm, such were the blows which the vessel received from the heavy seas on the quarter.
I was on deck, and so was the first mate and another man at the helm, for we were flying right before it, and she was hard to steer.
In fact, the Colonel had once said that he meant to retire before a great while, and, of course with the directors' approval, turn over the editorial helm to the assistant.
The steersman, who had joined them, returned to the helm, and the priest and I enjoyed the bananas and canned beef with water from the jug, and cigarettes.
Nor had I taken more than a very little sleep in the day-time, my station being always near the helm, and often at it, while we were among the ice.
A man steering a boat in a storm would hardly succeed if he had to consult a committee before moving the helm.
He sprang to his feet and, with his hand still upon the helm, he leaned forward and gazed at the ship.
The vessel did not answer her helm well; and as the breadth of the stream did not much exceed her length, we were for some time running ashore, first on one bank, and then on the opposite one.
A blow perfectly delivered upon the helm was of all others the most difficult for the recipient to recover from, but then a blow upon the helm was not one time in fifty perfectly given.
The sea round about them seemed all broken, and tossed the ship so that she would not answer her helm.
Up with the helm now, Henry, and slack off the sheets; it is dark enough to allow us to creep in without being observed.
It was doubtless this allusion to the helm, which had been most in danger at the time of the fire, which caused the success of the poem, and insured it a permanent position in all the concerts.
We could see that they were all armed, and the sun flashed from the bright helms as they rose and fell at the work.
The man who took the helm said that the boat was not worth putting about for, and that hardly a man of the crew was fit to haul sheet.
There is a great man now at the helm in England, and we are feeling his power out here in the West.
And it turned out that when he had fairly sighted us, he sent the man at the wheel forward, and took the helm himself.
Eight hundred strong we were, and foremost marched the men of Olaf's ship, each one of whom wore ring mail of the best and a good helm, and carried both sword and axe and round shield.
We both rushed up the cabin stairs, naturally under the impression that one of our crew had fallen into the sea: an impression shared, I ought to add, by the man at the helm, who had given the alarm.
Ray had stood at the helm and brought the vessel to port; that was different from undertaking another voyage.
Davy, who was standing by the man at the helm, told him to put the helm down and let the vessel come to.
Glancing round, Desmond suddenly gave the order to cease rowing, and putting the helm hard down just avoided crashing into a dark object ahead.
The man at the helm Elizabeth could not see; the moonlight poured down upon Winthrop, walking slowly back and forth on the deck, his face and figure at every turn given fully and clearly to view.
It made my heart feel as warm as a bird in a nest to be complimented by the man at the helm for presence of mind, and then to hear that already I'd gained a friend to whom my life was of some value.
Moreover, she was very popular with them, as she had often asked them questions and chatted with them when at the helm or when she walked forward.
The shining aluminum boat answered to her helm, slipped through the muddy waters in a graceful curve, and then steadied for the straight course.
The boat answered her helm like a well-trained horse, and they went back on their course to see if they could fetch the light again.
I looked back at the captain, proud and quiet and happy there at the helm, and nodded a smile to him, which he returned with a flash of his teeth.
If it has gone out, if anything has happened to it, his way is dark; nothing but the abiding hand of the Great Father can steady his helm and hold him to his desolate course.
As a ship answers her helm or an airplane its controls, so does an eighteen-pounder respond to every turn of her elevating and traversing gear.
You imagine these two heroic figures got up for the interview, very magnificent in shining helms and flowing cloaks, decorations, splendid swords, spurs.
The man at the helm dropped the sail; for a minute or two he stood not far from Helen as he busied himself with it.
The captain waved his hand in silence to the quartermaster at the wheel, and the helm was put down.
The captain resigned the helm, and walked aft to look at the point, which was now broad on the weather-quarter.
The advantages of lungs are all against you, and perhaps the only thing to be done is to put the helm down a little, and set the sails shaking again before they can be trimmed properly.
She felt the thrill of excitement and adventure in her veins as she stood at the helm and gazed across the dancing water.
He stared for a moment and shifted his helm, so to speak, with a grin of intelligence and a short laugh.
"Put up the helm," Captain Reuben ordered; and the vessel, which was running before the wind, came up till her head pointed straight to sea.
Then with Allen at the helm, and Will and Frank to look after the sail, the girls took their places.
The gale was blowing as strongly as ever, three men were at the helm, and the vessel was still tearing along at great speed.
And the pretty craft was caught up by the flowing tide; and with the strong hand at the helm, floated calmly down the deep creek until she reached a wider space, where the wind could catch her.
The King waved them away; Lie alone hesitated, but Colbert caught him by the arm and drew him off to the helm.
When Uncle Gilbert recovered consciousness the machine was breathing again, so he jumped to the helm, pointed the bow at Tampico, Mex., and began to cut the grass.
"Down, hard down with the helm, Bentley," said Seymour, himself springing over to assist the old man at the wheel.
In this labor Seymour and Bentley, and in a less degree Philip Wilton, aided Colonel Glover's men; Seymour having the helm of one boat continuously, Bentley that of another.
Just now, however, I was hurried forward to the business of weighing anchor, and the lieutenant had gone aft to take charge of the helm.
I was able after the first shock to stumble up and get my hands upon the helm; but I stood there sick and silly, and of less use than the poor quartermaster at my feet.
For, whether I decided to remain in the ship or to leave her, her position, as now laid down on the chart, showed that a shift of helm would be necessary.
The man at the wheel immediately put the helm up, letting the head of the vessel fall off from the wind; but, at the same instant, there came a sudden crash ahead, followed by a loud yell.
The history becomes a shifting chaos marked by no definite policy, and the ship of State is being steered at random as one or other of the competitors for rule manages to grasp the helm for a moment.
He shouted, with both hands to his mouth, and the schooner curved round and went off on another tack in obedience to the helm.
Not for a moment, however, did he turn to look at them: now by hand, now by voice, did he direct the men at the helm the course to steer.
He looked to ascertain that the helm was properly placed, and that the vessel was standing the right way.
I took the opportunity I was looking for one night when he was at the helm, and the second mate, who was officer of the watch, had gone forward to have a chat, as he sometimes did, with the men.
I had taken the helm, and though we made no progress, the rafts and various articles which had floated up from the wreck came drifting down towards us, scattering far and wide over the tossing ocean.
He now ordered the crew to haul round the fore yard, and, keeping the helm up, soon ran within speaking distance of the Lily.
Tom, with Desmond and Jerry Bird, had taken the helm one after another, for Billy had had no experience, and neither of the other men could be trusted to steer by the compass.
The mate and the man at the helm had apparently slipped off into the water, as they were nowhere visible.
The men at the helm kept their eyes alternately on him and on the sails, ready to obey the slightest sign he might make.
The man at the helm waved his hat, and then, seeming suspicious of our character, steered back to the ship.
The instant my hand was off the helm, I dropped down and was fast asleep, too soundly even to dream.
Still there was the danger of it shifting; I therefore put the helm up, and ran off before the wind.
Charley insisted on bringing Dick some food, and putting it into his mouth, for he could not venture to leave the helm for an instant.
The carpenter, as soon as he had performed his task, went forward again to assist the rest, while the mate and Gerald took the helm.
Let him stay by you if he can manage to keep awake, while Logan remains at the helm a short while longer.
The order was now given to keep the helm up and to square away the yards; and with a flowing sheet we ran down the edge of the ice for upwards of three miles before we were clear of it.
A rough, weather-beaten old fellow, with one eye, who, from the orders he issued, I knew to be the master, stood at the helm.
Though the helm, as I have said, was hard up, still she lay in the trough of the sea, without a hope of once more rising.
He was standing at the helm, for though there was no wind, the sails were set ready to catch the first breath of air which might come to them.