aground
Example Sentences
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Natalie and Patience paddled Patience’s kayak through the quiet, flooded streets of Liberty City until they ran aground on dry pavement.
From Literature
The vessel ran aground near Inverbervie Beach at about 11:15 on Saturday.
From BBC
Police Scotland said the fishing vessel ran aground near Inverbervie Beach, at about 11:15 on Saturday.
From BBC
She co-founded a school for orphans, preserved and sold Hamilton’s papers, and commissioned a biographical project that kept running aground.
The vessel ran aground on rocks near the uninhabited island of Jogdo.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
