Before the storm reached the harbor, the captain ordered the crew to lay an anchor to the windward to ensure the ship would not drift.

One should bring one's arse to an anchor after a long walk.

The sculpture featured an anchorlike base that stabilized the towering structure.

The anchorless raft drifted slowly toward the rocky shore.

The anchorpeople gathered backstage to coordinate the live broadcast.

After months at sea, the crew felt a strange relief in the anchorlessness of the small, drifting vessel.

The team isolated a novel anchorin that modulates collagen assembly in the extracellular matrix.

After years of study and contemplation, she embraced anchoretism, retreating to a small cell to live a life of strict solitude.

The medieval anchorhold, a small stone cell attached to the church, became a place of quiet contemplation for the anchoress.

The anchoritesses lived in separate cells attached to the abbey, devoting their lives to prayer.