turn turtle
Example Sentences
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The San Martin, losing steerage way, was rolling horribly in the trough of the sea; any instant she might turn turtle.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Let me get there," insisted Ned, "you may take a kink somewhere and make us turn turtle.
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Margaret Penrose
Our machinery might break down, we might drift for weeks without being sighted, we might collide with an iceberg in the fog, we might even turn turtle.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Arthur Hornblow
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 Frank Gee Patchin
We hope his prophecy may be realised, but we cannot help wondering what would happen if his aeroplane were to turn turtle on the way.
From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 by Various
