beached

Example Sentences

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But I can choose to recognize that some performers, artistic works and brands are simply too big to fail or bury, so they become some version of a beached grey whale’s corpse.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

At the toe of the bluff, the geotubes stretched out like a beached Leviathan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Vonk and his team ensure the country is ready for extreme scenarios: a drought meaning all inland shipping is beached or a devastating storm surge.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Their color-coded tale of a traumatized war veteran, his concerned daughter and a beached whale is evocative and unsentimental.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Janice Avery had given him nothing but trouble, and now he was feeling responsible for her—like one of the Burkes’ timber wolves or beached whales.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson