had foundered
- past perfect of founder.
Example Sentences
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Within a year, Haggen had foundered and was forced to close or sell most of the stores — many of which were reacquired by Albertsons, according to the lawsuit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
For three months the group struggled, holed up in the shell of a rusting Japanese fishing vessel that had foundered on the reefs two years earlier.
From Slate ● May 21, 2022
But his business had foundered, and by 2003 he had become a garish figure of local interest—a punch line on Page Six.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2018
When Lucas attempts a jocularly posh accent, Karyn observes, "His attempt at an across-the-pond accent had foundered somewhere around Bermuda."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2016
And then the lifesavers atop Lookout Hill fired another rocket into the wet sky, and I whirled in its light to see where the ship had foundered.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
