Example Sentences

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But two of the members of the class had "bilged."

From Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

Our boat, very probably, had gone half her length on top of the edge of it, and was then washed off again after she had bilged; and the strong current had set us clear.

From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis

Marble answered with the usual "ay, ay, sir!" but before he sent us into the boats, he ventured to suggest that the ship had bilged already.

From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by Cooper, James Fenimore