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How to use aground in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, adverb

Aground means resting on the bottom. Example: “The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose.”

Examples of aground by meaning

adjectiveResting on the bottom.

  • The ship is currently aground at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour, near Mawson Station where it was undertaking a resupply mission.2016 February 25, Paul Karp, “Aurora Australis icebreaker runs aground during blizzard in Antarctica”, in The Guardian, archived from the...

adverbResting on the bottom.

  • The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose.
  • The Canadian Coast Guard says a stranded container barge has been refloated, after running aground off Quadra Island over the weekend.2019 November 15, Simon Little, “Stranded container barge refloated, moved after running aground on Quadra Island”, in Global News...

More sentences with aground

  • The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea.From the entry run aground
  • The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.From the entry shallow
  • The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.From the entry run aground
  • At Cape Hatteras, numerous vessels ran aground, “driven from their anchors and grounded on the swash and bar.”2010, Janette Thomas Greenwood, First Fruits of Freedom, page 31. From the entry swash
  • His father met a man who said that he had the figure from a ship which went aground near Blackwater Head.1992, Colm Tóibín, chapter 2, in The Heather Blazing, Penguin, published 1994, page 25. From the entry woodworm
  • Sometimes the noise changed pitch and made my scales frickle, sounding like the moan of a doomed wooden ship when it runs aground.2011, David Brin, Infinity's Shore. From the entry frickle
  • It is a good rule in any case of letting go an old-fashioned anchor when aground, to unstock it and foul the flukes with several turns of cable.2015, E. F. Knight, Handbook of Seamanship, page 739. From the entry unstock
  • After their yacht runs aground in Australian waters, four of them decide to swim for land but are soon stalked by a huge great white shark.2011 January 21, David Edwards, “New Releases; DVDs”, in The Mirror, UK. From the entry sharksploitation

Meaning of aground

  1. adjective Resting on the bottom.
  2. adjective At a loss, ruined, with no way out.

Full definition of aground

Questions about aground in a sentence

How do you use aground in a sentence?
Aground is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “The boat was stuck aground until the tide rose.”
What is a short sentence with aground?
“The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground.”
What does aground mean?
Aground means resting on the bottom.

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