turn turtle
Example Sentences
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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 Felix Speiser
He had either to crash squarely into the other automobile or he had to run the risk of having his own machine turn turtle.
From Bert Wilson at the Wheel by J. W. Duffield
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
Being almost hove short, the ship could not rise quickly enough to the seas, and was besides rolling so much that she threatened to turn turtle every minute.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood
The same terrific force gave the steamer a lurch, and she threatened to turn turtle.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
