marooned

Example Sentences

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She turned 15 over the course of the four months she spent filming the coming-of-age story that follows two cousins marooned on an island as children.

From Los Angeles Times

In Hawaii, people with leprosy were shipped out of sight, marooned on Molokai Island for life.

From New York Times

They were among the thousands of migrants marooned here and in other Mexican border towns hoping for a chance to enter the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

Day by day, month by month, we face uncertainty, but are no longer marooned.

From New York Times

It was the tail end of breeding season, and fat pups weaned from their mothers were marooned awkwardly on the beach, comically rotund balloons resting on their sides.

From New York Times