Verb (used without object), verb (used with object) : The boat capsized. They capsized the boat. From Dictionary.com.
A ship capsizing, the slow roll, barnacles like cancer. From Wordnik.com. [An Admirer Visits Paul Bowles] Reference
And then you became very worried about it actually capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2004] Reference
Would an average sized row boat support her without capsizing?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2008] Reference
Primus down upon the bottom, breaking his wooden leg, and capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
Juggie, almost capsizing him, as the tall standard swayed violently. From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play] Reference
He was afraid of capsizing the canoe and being unable to get back in it. From Wordnik.com. [Dick in the Everglades] Reference
Only the crude sea anchor had kept them from capsizing when the rudder went. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
But this boat is small and it takes all my concentration to stop it capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Wilds]
Without a strong father to anchor the Stark home, it seems in danger of capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Talents] Reference
Allen had let the sail come down on the run, and all danger of capsizing was over. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand] Reference
I wouldn't go kayaking with him on the Mad River because I was afraid of capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Houses] Reference
“You're not worried about ice building up and capsizing the ship?” asked Crozier. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
If you see some crews capsizing or remarkable videos, tell us about it: CNN. com/360. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2008] Reference
Fifteen people still missing from a migrant boat, capsizing in the Mona (ph) Passage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2004] Reference
If you see some crews capsizing or remarkable videos, tell us about it - cnn. com/360. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2008] Reference
Digital waves thrown against the already capsizing ship of brick and mortar booksellers. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Havenner: eBook Killed the Hardcover Star] Reference
BLITZER: What kind of problems have you had with boats capsizing, if any in, Lake George?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2005] Reference
Then it struck again, capsizing the small boat and plunging the third man into the water. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2007] Reference
Still coughing, he grabbed for his halberd, nearly capsizing the punt as he reached inside. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
The pumps would be straining, and the captain would be trying to prevent it from capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [TIME TO TOSS THE TEXTBOOK] Reference
Some canoes are very cranky and others can stand a lot of careless usage without capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
The NTSB takes the lead in investigating the capsizing of a water taxi in Baltimore harbor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2004] Reference
Personally, on such occasions, I used the only remedy I could see -- namely, capsizing the sledge. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ On the Barrier] Reference
Almost automatically, she wrenched the wheel around, nearly capsizing the boat with the sudden turn. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
The brook began to swell, becoming larger and larger, all the while capsizing the free floating leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Autumn] Reference
Then he started, overland, for the field, driving as fast as he could without capsizing the big machine. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Forever]
As soon as the disaster was perceived, an officer ran to the ship's captain to inform him that it was capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Officials spent more than eight hours trying to persuade the migrants to leave the ship, which was on the verge of capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Communications - January 2, 2000] Reference
Fierce winds there pounded the region, ripping roofs off of buildings and capsizing boats, downing trees and power lines, too. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2007] Reference
If there were any mechanical or engineering issues that may have been a contributing cause to this -- to the sinking and capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2005] Reference
It is a very challenging issue of trying to get this vessel surfaced without doing any damage to it, and potentially re-capsizing it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2005] Reference
The load was very heavy now, the dogs had no footprints to guide them, and it required all of Cantwell's efforts to prevent capsizing. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
This time a larger boat was used, and, though it came near to capsizing, it did not quite go over, though considerable water was shipped. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
I had to hold tight to the wall of the bridge to avoid sliding … then Gneisenau pitched violently and the process of capsizing began …. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
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