stormbound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of stormbound
Example Sentences
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A tiny peak of rock in the North Atlantic, 40 miles west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, it is stormbound for eight months of the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trapper Courtois was stormbound, nearly frozen to death.
From Time Magazine Archive
A number of people who were stormbound saw them pass down the street and stop at your house.
From Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer
Or, if you are lost or stormbound, my car is in the old barn and I will drive you anywhere that you say.
From The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
But we resolved to push on a little farther and make use of the smooth weather after being stormbound so long, much to Toyatte and his companion's disgust.
From Travels in Alaska by John Muir
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