Sentence examples for I aground from inspiring English sources

The Galapaface I aground in Wreck Bay Photo: Galapagos National Park.

I always felt if I ran aground or was hit with shore guns, I'd be on my own except for the guys who were me.

Looking back now, I can say that I mostly have, though I ran aground a few times and nearly went down once.

"I ran aground the first time I saw it," Mr. Haight said.

That recommendation was never followed and tugboats had to be dispatched from the mainland, 600 miles away, after the Galapaface I ran aground.

Galápagos authorities are working to minimize environmental damage after the cargo ship Galapaface I ran aground Friday morning at 3 15 a.m. off Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristóbal, the easternmost of the archipelago's inhabited islands.

A few days after the cargo ship Galapaface I ran aground on the rocks off San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, high tides strengthened by a full moon rotated the ship some 40 degrees, further damaging its hull and worrying the people involved in the salvage effort, according to Dr. Arturo Izurieta, the Galápagos National Park Director.

"But anyone that has said 'I never went aground' is a liar.

I've run aground on that argument; as soon as you put the idea out there, it looks idiotic.

He ran it aground twice — once, he said later, because his navigational charts were out of date, the other time because "I mistook feet for fathoms".

I'd read that most ships were wrecked by running aground on reefs and rocks, so I looked for shallow spots, close to shore.