STRANDED


Meaning of STRANDED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a beached/stranded whale (= one that is stuck on land )

The beached whales are quite obviously very distressed.

passengers are stranded (= are unable to continue their journey )

At least 1,000 passengers were stranded at the airport because of the storm.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After the flood, hundreds of stranded vehicles lined the roads.

My car broke down, and I was left stranded by the side of the road.

Whales occasionally swim too close to shore and become stranded in the shallow water.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A police patrol car also became a casualty after officers attempted to help stranded motorists.

Could it have been a stranded salmon?

Explore weird planets and fight the Klingons and other strange creatures in your search for fuel for the stranded Starship Enterprise.

His stranded wife had no cash.

Lying across it like a stranded whale, if, that is, whales wear pink flying suits, was Carol.

Sutter took the kick himself and Adrian Knup rose unchallenged to head down and past the stranded Goram.

The biggest danger for any stranded cetacean is overheating.

The tide of magic ebbed and the daemons were suddenly left stranded and dying, like fish caught out of water.

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