Use "orkney" in a sentence

1. Hampshire when it struck a mine near the Orkney Islands two days ago on the 5th of June

2. The northernmost tip of the British mainland [as far north as the Alaskan state capital of Juneau] boasted a boatshed, a broken dinghy on a sandy beach, a few rocks and a view across to the Orkney Islands

3. That became a near certainty six minutes later as she approached the Orkney Islands, home to a large naval British base

4. From her actual altitude of 25,000 meters she could even see a formation of three ships sailing below her, heading towards the Orkney Islands

5. I am being fired upon by six British surface-to-air missiles over the Orkney Islands

6. Ingrid however allowed herself to breath easier only after leaving the Orkney Islands well behind her

7. A Zuma family member had infamously been involved in that Orkney investment, which turned out to be a debacle of asset stripping and illegal mining with dire consequences for those who were employed by the mine

8. On March 15 we passed beyond the latitude of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands

9. A workingman’s blunt features, like the face of an Orkney plowman, only darker, more stubbled, streaked on one cheek with grease

10. On 2 August 1917, Squadron Commander E H Dunning of the British Royal Naval Air Service landed a Sopwith Pup on the aircraft carrier HMS Furious while it was at sea in Scapa Flow, Orkney, UK – the first landing on a moving ship

11. The grand jury rejected the bill, on its being proved that I was on the Orkney Islands at the hour the body of my friend was found; and a fortnight after my removal I was liberated from prison