Sentence examples for were aground from inspiring English sources

The Union had lost two ships and three were aground.

Thinking they were aground at Hartland Point on the English mainland, a landing party went ashore for help, only finding out where they were after encountering the lighthouse keeper at the island's north light.

'Think you might be aground up the front there.' More poling, a furious, churning application of reverse thrust, and at length we worked ourselves free.

Heavy weather set in the night after Agincourt was freed and it would have wrecked her if she had still been aground.

Even promising talks with Barclays, a British bank, were running aground.

When the dim sun finally came up, we were hard aground on a small island off St . George as embarrassed as a lumpy old dowager caught sunbathing naked.

Ailes's plans to turn the ship around were running aground.

At nearby Clearwater, Florida, boats were ran aground at the harbor, causing some damage.

Throughout the storm, several vessels and supplies of stranded sailors were driven aground along the North Carolinan coast.

Two 328 ft (100 m) anchored ships were washed aground by strong waves and swells, with a total of seven ships reported missing.

On the first attempt he was driven aground south of Morocco.