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How to use capsize in a sentence

19 example sentences · verb, noun

Capsize means to overturn. Example: “We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.”

Examples of capsize by meaning

verbTo deform under stress.

  • Tie the Granny Knot around any object and pull one end, and it will capsize into Two Half Hitches.1944, Clifford Warren Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots, page 19

More sentences with capsize

  • We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.From the entry ship
  • Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.From the entry unison
  • After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.From the entry set foot
  • Pitchpoling is the most dangerous way a boat can capsize.From the entry pitchpole
  • As they approached the harbor, the Chun Ji No. 8 suddenly capsized.2022 January 29, Luke Sabatier, “Captain missing, 4 migrant workers injured as fishing boat capsizes”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the…. From the entry Caoli
  • The next day ran down to Acra, where the windlass was again capsized and the pawls broken.2013, George Francis Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving (quoting an older text). From the entry speak
  • So feignful for its creator to flee in glee as the mighty vessel was capsizing before him.2008, Sean C. Cusack, Code 3: The Rise & Fall of a Private Ambulance Empire, page 401. From the entry feignful
  • A pair of lasery, talon-rich claws landed atop two capsized frigates to survey the damage.2008, Mister Rengerz [pseudonym], “Commotion from the Ocean”, in Ring Dragonz, Rockford, Ill.: Helm Publishing, →ISBN, page 243. From the entry lasery
  • The first four bogies capsized into a depression alongside the track.2003 September, Jhumpa Lahiri, chapter 1, in The Namesake, New York, N.Y.: Mariner Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry bogie
  • Trawlers heavily iced due to black frost have been known to capsize in Arctic fishing grounds.1976, H. O. Mertins, Compendium of Lecture Notes in Marine Meteorology for Class III and Class IV Personnel, page 68. From the entry black frost
  • This situation can lead to a capsizing or foundering.2010, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Marine Investigation Report M09W0141. From the entry gird
  • The load may be tarped for serious white water, but tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.2001, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting, page 136. From the entry tarp
  • The gobline helps prevent the tug from being tripped or capsized when working on a towline especially if the tug is being towed stern first.1986, George H. Reid, Shiphandling with Tugs, page 66. From the entry gobline
  • Old books--many of them dating back to the last two centuries--contain pictures and descriptions of huge devilfishes overwhelming and capsizing ships with their tentacles.1923, William Crowder, Dwellers of The Sea and Shore, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 198. From the entry devilfish
  • Another Japanese giant fish is Isonade, a sharklike sea monster that causes strong winds and also capsizes boats or catches unwary fishermen with the hooks on its huge tail.2011, Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, “Fishes in Stories and Literature”, in Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins…. From the entry Isonade
  • She charged as the driver clambered up out of the capsized yellow hulk, slid to the ground, and fled across the field toward the crest of the knoll.2006, Steven Utley, Howard Waldrop, “Crab”, in Deborah Layne, Jay Lake, editors, Polyphony, volume 6, Wheatland Press, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry Tyrannosaurus regina
  • So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..1975, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102. From the entry sweeper
  • Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 1. From the entry wireless

Meaning of capsize

  1. verb To overturn.
  2. verb To cause (a ship) to overturn.
  3. verb To deform under stress.

Full definition of capsize

Questions about capsize in a sentence

How do you use capsize in a sentence?
Capsize is used as a verb and noun. For example: “We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.”
What is a short sentence with capsize?
“This situation can lead to a capsizing or foundering.”
What does capsize mean?
Capsize means to overturn.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capsize (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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