Sentence examples for causes shipwreck from inspiring English sources

A WRECKER, says the Oxford English Dictionary, is someone "who causes shipwreck, for the purposes of plunder by showing luring lights or false signals" or "a person who makes a business of watching for and plundering wrecked vessels".In her grimly fascinating book, Bella Bathurst tells the story of British wreckers and shipwrecks over the past 300 years.

Without any way to accurately determine longitude, ships frequently get lost at sea, causing shipwrecks and disrupting global trade.

Already, he says, the waters have grown rougher, causing shipwrecks off the isle that have left 19 people dead in the past nine days.

The souls of the drowned become water ghosts — khmoch teuk in Khmer — causing shipwrecks and pulling swimmers under by their legs.

Tropical cyclones on the open sea cause large waves, heavy rain, and high winds, disrupting international shipping and, at times, causing shipwrecks.

Tropical cyclones out at sea cause large waves, heavy rain, flood and high winds, disrupting international shipping and, at times, causing shipwrecks.

Charges could include manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, abandoning ship before passengers were evacuated and causing environmental damage.

David Last, a navigation expert, says an accidental power cut, perhaps caused by a jammer taken on board a car ferry, could cause a shipwreck.

She justifiably suspects her father of causing the shipwreck.

He is under investigation for manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck.

Francesco Schettino, the captain, has been charged with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.