Sentence examples for were derailed from inspiring English sources
verb
To cause to come off the tracks.
- The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
But after Ms. Hagen suffered a stroke in November 2001, those plans were derailed.
The freight train cars essentially collapsed like an accordion, and the other Metrolink cars were derailed.
"It would be a tragedy if it were derailed," he said of the peace settlement.
Seven freight cars were derailed, and others stood on either side.
The hosts may have started like a train but they were derailed with 13 minutes left.
Those plans were derailed when the transfer took place, unannounced, two days early.
The Bulls were derailed by an average Hornets squad that ended the season 41-41.
While his chances of becoming prime minister were derailed, his political career was not.
But the customers were safe; no trains were derailed; no one was injured.
Several other carriages were derailed in the accident near Wenzhou, 860 miles south of Beijing.
All three carriages of the Thames train were derailed in the crash, with the front car virtually disintegrating on impact.
