marooning

Example Sentences

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Fifteenth-century sailors shared stories of ships that had become ensnared in the algae, marooning their crews at sea.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2023

The lack of open nursing home beds is marooning some patients in hospitals for weeks while social workers seek placements.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2023

Debris flows and swollen creeks blocked roads and highways, marooning hundreds of people for hours and, in some cases, days.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023

In neighbouring Switzerland the heat dried out the shore of Brenet Lake, marooning boats.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2022

The radiance of the flares lighted the profiles of those on guard, whose faces were half-hidden by coat-collars or ear-flaps— imperturbable, silent, marooned and marooning, watchful and fearless.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick