turn turtle
Example Sentences
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Almost every man aboard was thrown to the deck, and the vessel heeled over to starboard until it seemed she must turn turtle.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
But the sorcerer answered: “Did not my ship turn turtle at sea, and yet you try to deceive me?”
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
Iron, coffins our ships, Davy's wictims our men; In wessels unsteady, We're ready, aye ready, To sink or turn turtle again and again!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
Her tail rose, and she started, with dreadful deliberateness, to turn turtle.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
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
