beached

Example Sentences

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At the toe of the bluff, the geotubes stretched out like a beached Leviathan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Vonk and his team ensure the country is ready for extreme scenarios: a drought meaning all inland shipping is beached or a devastating storm surge.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Tasmania's Department of Natural Resources and Environment said 157 false killer whales had beached near Arthur River, in the island's north west.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

The other two beached in La Jolla and Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

He lay like a beached whale on the narrow hotel bed and wondered idly if it had indeed been Velutha that Rahel saw.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy