turn turtle
Example Sentences
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Being almost hove short, the ship could not rise quickly enough to the seas, and was besides rolling so much that she threatened to turn turtle every minute.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf
Our machinery might break down, we might drift for weeks without being sighted, we might collide with an iceberg in the fog, we might even turn turtle.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
With such a wind sucking under them might have made the boat turn turtle, Mrs. Calvert, don’t you know?
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn
The same terrific force gave the steamer a lurch, and she threatened to turn turtle.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.
They knew not the instant the Kansas might lift again and turn turtle, yet they did not dream of deviating a hair's breadth from their duties.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
