"Keelhauled" Example Sentences
1. Jack Sparrow was nearly keelhauled by his crew for attempting to abandon them.
2. The captain threatened his disobedient crew member with being keelhauled.
3. The pirate ship's crew wanted to keelhaul the prisoner as punishment.
4. The captain warned his crew that if anyone stole from him, they would be keelhauled.
5. The pirate's punishment for mutiny was to be keelhauled and left to drown.
6. The sailor was terrified to be keelhauled for his mistake.
7. The captain ordered the troublesome sailor to be keelhauled to teach him a lesson.
8. The crew dreaded the thought of being keelhauled for disobeying the captain's orders.
9. The pirate had a reputation for keelhauling anyone who crossed him.
10. The ship's cook was saved from being keelhauled by begging for mercy.
11. The captain watched as his crew member was dragged into the water to be keelhauled.
12. The pirate captain enjoyed the power he had in deciding who would be keelhauled.
13. The crew shuddered at the thought of being keelhauled for such a minor offense.
14. The sailor's only hope was that the captain would show mercy and not order him to be keelhauled.
15. The punishment of being keelhauled was used to keep the rest of the crew in line.
16. The crew whispered fearfully about the last person to be keelhauled, a man who never returned.
17. The sailor knew he would be keelhauled when he was caught trying to steal the captain's treasure.
18. The captain announced that anyone caught drinking on duty would be keelhauled.
19. The pirate captain laughed as he watched his enemies being keelhauled one by one.
20. The crew worked diligently, determined not to be the next ones to be keelhauled.
21. The captain had no qualms about keelhauling his own crew members if they disobeyed his orders.
22. The sailor screamed in agony as he was keelhauled under the hull of the ship.
23. The smell of blood and seawater was strong whenever someone was keelhauled.
24. The crew muttered their discontent but knew better than to openly rebel and be keelhauled.
25. The captain was pleased to see that keelhauling one member had brought the rest of the crew in line.
26. The thought of being keelhauled was more terrifying than the thought of being marooned.
27. The ship's surgeon always had to be ready to treat injuries from being keelhauled.
28. The crew feared and respected the captain, who had never been keelhauled himself.
29. The punishment of being keelhauled was banned on modern ships for being too cruel.
30. The pirate threatened to keelhaul the captive unless they revealed the location of the buried treasure.
Common Phases
1. "You're going to get
keelhauled if you don't shape up";
2. "I'd rather be
keelhauled than deal with this nonsense";
3. "If you don't pay your debts, you'll be
keelhauled";
4. "The captain threatened to keelhaul the entire crew";
5. "I wouldn't wish a keelhauling on my worst enemy".