self-righting
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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As a crewman, she experienced the light-dark-light full rollover of a self-righting 47, and came back for more.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2019
The loss of TGB led to the development of self-righting lifeboats.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2019
Mobile Virtual Player created mobile, remote-controlled, self-righting “virtual players” to teach players how to tackle.
From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2017
Kastner, Connell and two other students, Andrew Smist and Noah Glennon, began trying to concoct a mobile, self-righting tackling dummy.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2016
A lifeboat must be buoyant, and firmly ballasted, self-righting, containing plenty of space for the rescued, strength to battle with the heavy seas, and power to resist the many strikings against rocks and wrecks.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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