Example Sentences

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Never had shipwrecked mariner come to safer harbor than she.

From A Texas Ranger by Raine, William MacLeod

But it was part of my just punishment that, when I most needed help, you should be far abroad searching for the very island on which I had shipwrecked all.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

He had shipwrecked his partners' prospects in his absurd vanity and pride!

From From Sand Hill to Pine by Harte, Bret

She said to herself that she had shipwrecked her husband once by putting in her oar, and she was not going to do it again.

From The Story of a Play A Novel by Howells, William Dean

Months of close contact teach character, if character has interest; and to Adams the Cameron type had keen interest, ever since it had shipwrecked his career in the person of President Grant.

From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry