He ran the ship aground. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A ship aground offshore. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Running aground, he was obliged to abandon his vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The steamer with Stewart and Power on board ran aground. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of General Gordon] Reference
The pilot ran the boat up on a point, and she got aground. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
No one noticed, Lowry recalled, until the boat was aground. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
"If a ship were to go aground tomorrow, we'd be in bad shape.". From Wordnik.com. [Fear, Fur And Four Feet] Reference
If he wins, Obama could run aground in a thousand ways next year. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Heading Left Once Again] Reference
Mr. PROPHET: Well, records are stubborn beasts to wrestle aground. From Wordnik.com. [Chuck Prophet's Songs of 'Soap and Water'] Reference
The accident caused the MSC Chitra to run aground and list heavily. From Wordnik.com. [Container Ship Still Tilting Dangerously After Spewing Oil Into Arabian Sea (PHOTOS)] Reference
Barges "accidentally" run aground are an efficient time waster too. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Sabotage Field Manual] Reference
The first thing that they noticed was, that the schooner was aground. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Many of the Spanish ships sank or ran aground -- 'the feathers of the. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from English History] Reference
Highly anticipated negotiations in Copenhagen ran aground in December. From Wordnik.com. [U.N. struggles to prove its relevance] Reference
The tub was just aground, and would not move without being pushed off. From Wordnik.com. [The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks] Reference
Running aground was about the worst embarrassment a captain could face. From Wordnik.com. [Mine’s Bigger Than Yours] Reference
Marjorie ran the nose of her canoe aground upon the low bank and begged. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
The ship ran aground when its captain mistook a buoy for a lighthouse (top). From Wordnik.com. [Heartbreak Postponed] Reference
Turner formed a company, Nanofluidics, but it ran aground for lack of funding. From Wordnik.com. [The New, Fast Gene Machine] Reference
In Bermuda, wind toppled trees and utility poles and drove some boats aground. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Igor Whips Through Bermuda As Category 1 Hurricane] Reference
The night before our boat ran aground, and it took three hours to get her off. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
To have run aground would have been disastrous failure to the whole expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster] Reference
Mandalay and the lifeboat, which latter was at that depth of water just aground. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
And when we were fallen into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
Tugg was berating Pedro for getting off his course and running the schooner aground. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Meanwhile, another Carnival-owned ship, the Holiday, ran aground in Mexico last week. From Wordnik.com. [A Bad Case Of Cruise-Sickness] Reference
On a ship twice run aground a sailor cranked a rope round a spool bigger than his head. From Wordnik.com. [Good Luck Sailor] Reference
Last month's talks ran aground in part because of the Kosovars 'disdain for mere autonomy. From Wordnik.com. ['We Believe In Our Guns'] Reference
The accident caused the MSC Chitra to run aground and list heavily, ministry spokesman Capt. From Wordnik.com. [India Oil Spill: Coast Guard Tries To Contain Leak From Ship Collision (PHOTOS)] Reference
Conditions in the Gulf are different from, say, Alaska, where the Exxon Valdez went aground. From Wordnik.com. [Deep In Gulf Water, Bacteria Are Eating Spilled Oil] Reference
The U.S. Navy has a simple rule: if a warship runs aground, the commander is held responsible. From Wordnik.com. [Can Gates Turn It Around?] Reference
Earlier, another new song, "Half Light II (No Celebration)," ran aground after a single verse. From Wordnik.com. [Arcade Fire, aglow in a shared spotlight] Reference
Meanwhile, relations between Hamas and Abbas deteriorated as reconciliation efforts ran aground. From Wordnik.com. [Obama, Mideast Leaders Kick Off Talks With Calls For Peace] Reference
"Fast aground till a squall comes along and breaks you up," he said, as if speaking to the vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
On October 30, 1885, the small Danish schooner, the Fredrik Carl, ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Earlier, another new song, “Half Light II (No Celebration)” ran aground after a single verse. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: Arcade Fire at Merriweather Post Pavilion] Reference
One only, the steamer, was aground; her consort, the sailing ship, being at anchor a safe distance off. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
The ill-fated mission ended when Johnston and his crew were run aground and promptly captured in June 1863. From Wordnik.com. [Homeward Bound] Reference
When things inevitably run aground, another tool comes in handy: the capacity to look for wisdom in failure. From Wordnik.com. [Why Growing Companies Stumble] Reference
When they reached the cruiser they found that the tide had flowed so fast that the ship was no longer aground. From Wordnik.com. [Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds] Reference
When last we tuned in, those magnificent men in their sailing machines had managed to run aground in a courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [A Duel In The Sun] Reference
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