turn turtle

Example Sentences

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But the sorcerer answered: “Did not my ship turn turtle at sea, and yet you try to deceive me?”

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

We'll sink or turn turtle again and again!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various

Then I got alarmed, thinking the machine might turn turtle on me, so I shut off the engine, intending to glide to earth.

From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Stratemeyer, Edward

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

At any moment the West Barbican might turn turtle.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)