aground
adverb or adjective
1
: on the ground
planes aloft and aground
2
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
a ship run aground
Examples of aground in a Sentence
the villagers came to stare at the foreign ship that was aground on their beach and at the strangely dressed sailors on board
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On July 19th, the ship broke up amid a violent storm, having run aground on a sandbar just three hundred yards off Fire Island, New York.
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James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Manila deploys missions to supply a small garrison of troops living aboard an aging warship that was deliberately run aground in 1999 to protect its maritime claims.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 May 2025
How's this for an unexpected visitor: A 443-foot container ship ran aground in the yard of a Norwegian homeowner, barely missing his cabin.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025
The vessel had run aground in the early hours, narrowly missing Helberg's house by approximately 16 feet.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
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James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Manila deploys missions to supply a small garrison of troops living aboard an aging warship that was deliberately run aground in 1999 to protect its maritime claims.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 May 2025
How's this for an unexpected visitor: A 443-foot container ship ran aground in the yard of a Norwegian homeowner, barely missing his cabin.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 25 May 2025
The vessel had run aground in the early hours, narrowly missing Helberg's house by approximately 16 feet.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for aground
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“Aground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aground. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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aground
adverb or adjective
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
the ship ran aground
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