marooning

Example Sentences

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Fifteenth-century sailors shared stories of ships that had become ensnared in the algae, marooning their crews at sea.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2023

This time a van's clutch has stopped working, marooning them in the central reservation of the busy motorway.

From BBC • May 1, 2023

The lack of open nursing home beds is marooning some patients in hospitals for weeks while social workers seek placements.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2023

Debris flows and swollen creeks blocked roads and highways, marooning hundreds of people for hours and, in some cases, days.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023

The gentleman was an islander; and during the few hours in which we were gliding over the seventeen miles between the city and the ocean, he entertained me with an account of his marooning expeditions.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander