Examples of 'foundered' in a sentence
Meaning of "foundered"
To collapse or fall to the ground, especially in a helpless manner. This term is often used in the context of ships sinking or businesses failing
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- simple past tense and past participle of founder
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The ship foundered in the stormy sea.
Or they all might all have foundered.
She foundered at noon the following day.
Now the material has foundered inside.
She foundered due to the rupturing of a seam.
This attempt at dynastic diplomacy eventually foundered.
They all foundered on the same obstacle.
I fear that my horse may have foundered.
The ship foundered on the ice.
For budgetary reasons this project foundered.
The project foundered due to its high cost.
Proposals to legalize brothels again have foundered.
Maybe it foundered inside the ground.
But there the attack foundered.
Monitor foundered during the storm.
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Their marriage was happy at first but eventually foundered.
The legal proceedings foundered for procedural reasons.
It was feared that she had foundered.
One of these frigates foundered with loss of life.
It is on that concept of man that communist dictatorships foundered.
The ship foundered with no casualties.
The move towards political union had foundered.
Satellite foundered during the night.
Traditional attempts at reform have foundered.
She is believed to have foundered with all hands.
It foundered on the determination of a people.
She was believed to have foundered with all hands.
He foundered and was unable to race.
Attempts at comprehensive regional solutions have foundered on mistrust.
The initiative foundered when other parties declined to sign on.
It was on this very issue that the original negotiations foundered.
Various attempts to explain this foundered on other difficulties.
Plans foundered on the differing interests of the affected states.
He died when his ship foundered three years ago.
And foundered on the beach.
Hepper reports that she foundered with all hands.
Pandora foundered with the loss of all six crew.
However this plan foundered.
Negotiations foundered on this point.
His attempts at farming foundered.
The vessel foundered a few miles short of its target.
The vessel then foundered.
Warrior foundered on the trip back to port the following morning.
It is assumed she foundered in a typhoon.
To ensure that seafarers are compensated when a ship is lost or has foundered.
His fishing vessel has foundered and he is the sole survivor.
The fleet encountered a storm and one of the boats foundered.
She is presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.
Had caught fast on the reef where she had foundered.
Talks foundered over disagreement on how to arrange the various membership categories.
