turn turtle
Example Sentences
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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
In this nasty sea we were afraid she might turn turtle, as another steamer had done some months ago.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
The same terrific force gave the steamer a lurch, and she threatened to turn turtle.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.
We'll sink or turn turtle again and again!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
More than once, as the wind changed a point, it seemed that the cranky craft must turn turtle.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
