turn turtle
Example Sentences
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The schooner heeled until the lad was sure that she was going to turn turtle.
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee
His boat would "turn turtle" or be cut in two by the craft behind.
From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre
The same terrific force gave the steamer a lurch, and she threatened to turn turtle.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.
More than once, as the wind changed a point, it seemed that the cranky craft must turn turtle.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
Of course I may be struck by lightning tomorrow, or the car may turn turtle when we go down to be married, but I refuse to contemplate anything of the sort.
From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
