turn turtle
Example Sentences
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The car, jerked back like a mad horse caught by a lariat, reared up on its hind wheels, threatened to turn turtle, then crashed over on its side with its engine still racing wildly.
From Curlie Carson Listens In by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
Almost every man aboard was thrown to the deck, and the vessel heeled over to starboard until it seemed she must turn turtle.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Her tail rose, and she started, with dreadful deliberateness, to turn turtle.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair
The San Martin, losing steerage way, was rolling horribly in the trough of the sea; any instant she might turn turtle.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Iron, coffins our ships, Davy's wictims our men; In wessels unsteady, We're ready, aye ready, To sink or turn turtle again and again!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
