How to Use "aground" with Example Sentences

1. A cruise ship carrying 64 tourists to antarctica ran aground in high winds .

2. In the past even discretionary spending cuts ran aground when congressmen rallied to defend their favourite programmes .

3. Ferries ran aground , piers were smashed , thousands of cars were hit by falling boughs and 18 people died .

4. The navy is another target , for coral wrecked when the u.s.s. port royal ran aground .

5. What on earth did they think was going on when the ship went aground ?