How to Use capsize in a Sentence

capsize

verb
Definition of capsizenext
Synonyms for capsizenext
  • They were fooling around and accidentally capsized the canoe.
  • That was if their boat did not fall apart or capsize along the way.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • But before the panga reached the shore, a wave capsized the vessel.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Sarah and John B's boat capsizes and, with no one around to rescue them, they are left to ride it out.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2020
  • In May 2016, there was one week when three wooden boats capsized.
    — Carola Rackete, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Waves shifted equipment on the deck, prompting the vessel to capsize and sink, the NTSB found.
    — chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Or your strong emotions might well up out of the deep and threaten to capsize a mission.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The Coast Guard rescued four people and a dog from a boat that capsized in New Jersey.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Survivors said the boat that capsized had left Gambia on Nov. 27.
    — Fox News, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The speedboat is believed to have hit rough waters, which led it to capsize.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 24 July 2022
  • Rocking the boat won’t capsize your career this year; not if there’s a point to your pushback.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The vessel capsized in less than a minute, the captain is quoted as saying.
    — Renata Brito, ajc, 17 June 2023
  • The American Spirit is hard to capsize, and each of the women is strapped in at all times with a harness.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 25 July 2022
  • The boat listed to one side but did not capsize, and 158 of the migrants swam and waded through choppy waters to the shore, CBP said.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Known for its speed, the sailboat is also prone to capsizing.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2023
  • At least one baby died near shore as a boat capsized, state radio said.
    — Alvise Armellini, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The death toll has risen to 82 after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece last week.
    — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • As the younger children watched from the island, the rowboat capsized, and everyone drowned.
    — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • That’s not to say that Susie and I don’t capsize regularly.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In this film, a sailboat travels near the Great Barrier Reef, but the boat ends up capsizing and of course, a shark is near.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 14 July 2023
  • The items on this list sound nice to liberal ears: Defeat Hamas, free the hostages, capsize Netanyahu’s coalition, end the war, and jump-start the peace process.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The storm cut all telegraph lines between Boston and New York and capsized a schooner, killing 11 crew members.
    — Jeff Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • And the result was tragic — a young boy and a woman were trapped under the vessel and drowned after the vessel capsized.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The tune takes its name from how sailors can follow the bubbles up to the water’s surface to escape drowning if a boat capsizes.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Two cousins in their early 20s were out fishing on the frigid pond when their boat capsized, officials said.
    — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • If something is not done soon, there’s concern the ship could flood or even capsize within the next two years, according to the reports.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
  • Greek officials denied claims that the boat had capsized after the coast guard attempted to tow it to shore.
    — Anna Coren, CNN, 15 July 2023
  • The conditions when the boat capsized were eight to 10-foot breaking waves and about four miles of visibility, the Coast Guard said.
    — oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The type of boat Chiles was driving doesn't capsize easily, Pelland said.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Large breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches and rocks and capsize small boats near shore.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2023

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