Verb (used without object), verb (used with object) : The boat capsized. They capsized the boat. From Dictionary.com.
The Oklahoma didn't counterflood, and it capsized. From Wordnik.com. [A Deadly Sunday Morning] Reference
The Deal men saw this and shouted 'She's capsized!'. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
In the worst place she capsized but was not damaged. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
But it made it top-heavy, and the first rough sea capsized it. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Trouble brewed when we backed out of the slip and almost capsized. From Wordnik.com. [Carol Jones: The Funeral Train Began in Springfield] Reference
He decided to brave the raft, which capsized just as it reached land. From Wordnik.com. [Shipwreck survivor recalls how town altered his idea of race] Reference
Santry straightened up with a jerk which nearly capsized the frying pan. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
But thus bundled up I would have stood little show had the sloop capsized. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
The same wave capsized our boat, and the next one threw me into the cove below. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
Moments later, the boat struck a large boulder and capsized on top of passengers. From Wordnik.com. [Turkish rafting guides still risking lives, says father of drowned schoolgirl] Reference
The buggy they say very nearly capsized going over the bridge of the creek when near. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
We had not got far from Barton when the boat capsized, and we were in an awful mess. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
"I thought the boat capsized just as I was about to win the race," she said faintly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
A boat, which was engaged in rescue work, capsized, and all of the crew but Frederick. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
In May, up to 80 people died when a boat capsized on the Maniema River in eastern Congo. From Wordnik.com. [Hundreds Feared Dead as Congo Boats Capsize] Reference
Her boat was capsized, and despite the exertions made by her companions, she was drowned. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
I was nearly capsized and had to put back to shore, the box tipping overboard and floating off. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove] Reference
Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo. From Wordnik.com. [Hundreds Feared Dead as Congo Boats Capsize] Reference
The minister said one boat that capsized at the weekend wasn't even meant to be carrying people. From Wordnik.com. [70 Dead After Boats Capsize On Congo's Rivers] Reference
A sudden squall overtook the small boat in mid-bay, and, as Ida Lewis looked at it, it capsized. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Several times the sailors were capsized, but managed to keep with their boats and right them again. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
The second time, she and her 12-year-old cousin became trapped between the capsized raft and a rock. From Wordnik.com. [Turkish rafting guides still risking lives, says father of drowned schoolgirl] Reference
A small boat in which two men were sailing capsized about 200 yards out from the Leasowe Embankment. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
The next instant your boat was capsized and I saw Colonel Carleton leap into the sea and swim toward you. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
They found safe harbor together and sustained in their capsized world a love we both envied and identified with. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Byrne: A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Shoenberg] Reference
An attempt to salvage a stuck anchor capsized the boat, and the four men were forced to cling to the hull to survive. From Wordnik.com. [The only ones: Escaping near death] Reference
At first it looks like a capsized fishing boat, but as they move closer the vessel reveals itself to be a tiny submarine. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Alarm] Reference
STEVE INSKEEP, host: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, two riverboats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents. From Wordnik.com. [70 Dead After Boats Capsize On Congo's Rivers] Reference
Then he shuts his eyes tight until the Kalopaling is dead, otherwise the hunter's boat would be capsized and he be drowned. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
Less than five months later, the 13-story structure nearly capsized, the result of equipment failures during Hurricane Dennis. From Wordnik.com. [How the Minerals Management Service's partnership with industry led to failure] Reference
In July, about 80 people died when a boat ferrying about 200 passengers to the capital Kinshasa capsized after hitting a rock. From Wordnik.com. [DRC Government Launches Investigation into Latest Boat Accidents] Reference
Now, I don't have a problem with someone who chooses to get their guidance from a fictitious pirate ship, capsized or otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Personalize your Garmin GPS - Follow that burrito!] Reference
In all, the NRP responded to 11 incidents during the storm, including reports of four capsized vessels and two overturned vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Third storm-related death reported in Md.] Reference
Two of the poor fellows 'feet were blistered all over by marching over the hot sands, having lost their shoes when the boat capsized. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier in the Philippines] Reference
Richard Manning, 66, a plumber from Tudweiliog near Pwllheli, died when his boat capsized last November and he was knocked unconscious. From Wordnik.com. [Turkish rafting guides still risking lives, says father of drowned schoolgirl] Reference
Two made it to shore; the other four, swimming or clinging to the capsized raft, were swept down toward the next rapid, Horse Race Bend. From Wordnik.com. [Faster, Colder, Deeper] Reference
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