castaway

Example Sentences

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He felt like a castaway clinging to a barrel in a stormy ocean.

From Literature

One night, surveying the bearded, shaggy castaways around him, Shackleton ordered haircuts for all.

From Literature

Of course, that only heightened the intrigue for the next match pitting Louie against the castaway.

From Los Angeles Times

Most were unremarkable, either the remains of bears who had once used the cave to hibernate, or the butchered castaways from carcasses hunted by Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago.

From New York Times

Toy ships, scrap metal, fossilized wood, spiraling vines and weathered antlers are among the other castaway objects the D.C. artist combines into the evocative tableaux of “Night Boats,” her Studio Gallery show.

From Washington Post