stranded
1left helpless or without transport: Officials said many people remained stranded even though floodwaters were receding.
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composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
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- strand·ed·ness, noun
- un·strand·ed, adjective
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How to use stranded in a sentence
The Italian navy tweeted regular updates of the saved-to-stranded passenger ratio.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWisely, we did, and then made for a small café that served a clientele of recently stranded refugees.
As the rebels departed, they blew up an 81-car munitions train stranded on a siding.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed | Marc Wortman | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTens of thousands of Iraqis now stranded in the mountains are awaiting the outcome of those battles.
Will U.S. Troops Stand By While ISIS Starves Thousands? | Jacob Siegel | August 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGALLERY: stranded at Bangui Airport: The Refugee Crisis in Central African Republic (PHOTOS) This is all well and good.
The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants | Christopher Day | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A Naval Officer who has seen her says she is lying in shallow water—6 fathoms—bottom upwards looking like a stranded whale.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAs if to prove that he was a true prophet, the herd split against a rocky pinnacle, and on this we stranded.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairBut here the artist stranded, the victim of a cabal, despite the protection of Camille Maupin.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheJust about now he was utterly stranded, and had to borrow money for even his next day's food.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairFat Boy's two hundred and eighty-odd pounds were drooped over his chair like the blubber of an exhausted, beach-stranded whale.
The Holes and John Smith | Edward W. Ludwig
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