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Discover LudwigThe phrase "he was marooned" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone who has been stranded or left in a desolate place, often on an island. Example: "After the storm, he was marooned on a deserted island with no means of escape."
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He was marooned there against his will.
He was marooned in a sea of people fruitlessly punching cell phones.
He was marooned on a peninsula of rubble that led to the damaged house, leaving him otherwise surrounded by the chest-deep spillage of the waves.
After paying a smuggling network $7,000 to get him to Australia, he was marooned en route, on the Indonesian island of Java, when Australia cracked down on boats bringing refugees there.
He was marooned at the team hotel "and didn't feel right," manager Dave Roberts said.
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He is marooned, astray.
And so he's marooned, with his column and his convertible Chrysler.
As Charlie, he is marooned inside what must be one of the biggest fat suits ever constructed for the theater.
We don't really see Crusoe making anything — it is as if he were marooned in a theme park.
An Italian prisoner of war, he is marooned in the Karoo in the mid-1940s, when prisoners meant cheap skilled labour.
During a 10-minute interview before the game, Ortiz offered no technical explanations for why he thinks he is marooned in the worst slump of his career.
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