stranded
Example Sentences
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But the erratic Arctic temperatures plunged again to more than – 50°F. Three of the crew members returned barely coherent; the other four were unable to move, stranded miles away from the ship.
From Literature
She and her husband, who should have returned to their country on Monday, remain stranded by the cancellation of flights by US and Canadian airlines following the operation against "El Mencho."
From Barron's
The cancellations have left hundreds, possibly thousands of travelers stranded in the country.
From Salon
Reaching the Antarctic pole took two tries, one of which wound up with Brown and his crew stranded for nearly a month while storms pummeled their base of operations.
He has argued that such funds age poorly, leaving shareholders stuck with hard-to-trade assets, and that his firm can do a better job managing the stranded portfolios.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
