How to Use aground in a Sentence

aground

adverb or adjective
  • But that approach ran aground by late spring.
    — Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The ship ran aground in the middle of the Yangzi River.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That logic, alas, runs aground on the reef of reality.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For the second time this month, a freighter has run aground in the Detroit River.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Facing the wrong direction, and up against heavy winds, the boat ultimately ran aground.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The freighter ran aground near where the other Canadian freighter got stuck earlier this month.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But then the boat hit a bridge piling and ran aground, killing Mallory Beach, 19.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • This caused the crew to become disoriented, and the ship eventually ran aground.
    — Anna Raymaker, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Pages of notes, quotes, then ran aground, partly because everyone seemed to be thinking of writing the same book (but also never did).
    — Adam Smyth, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • That approach ran aground in the fall, when Democrats refused to fund the government without a deal to revive health care subsidies.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • On the morning of April 20, artillery fire rained down on the Amethyst from the north bank of the river, causing the ship to run aground.
    — Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
  • His system ran aground and, as defending champions, Liverpool limped into fifth place last month.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • The latest Canadian freighter to run aground in the Detroit River near downtown has been freed.
    — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Rangel went on to describe what happened next, with the men using driftwood oars to attempt to row their vessel to the mainland before heavy winds ran them aground and wrecked the boat.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Industry bodies have warned that extreme levels of traffic in Hormuz would raise the risk of crashes and ships running aground.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
  • The stretch of island on which the vessel ran aground was so remote that rescue efforts covering a 25-mile area had missed the area completely.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
  • There are a number of ways this process can run aground, first and foremost Hamas’ continued refusal to disarm and demilitarize.
    — Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James also quickly ran aground.
    — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Rebuilding teams that don’t have veteran players — particularly veterans who can still play at a high level — run a grave risk of running aground.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers found damage consistent with artillery impacts near the conning tower as well as evidence that the vessel had run aground before sinking.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
  • The assumption is that Lohar will either abandon pursuit or accidentally run the Bitchfist aground on the toothy shoals.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Following his sighting last month, Timmy repeatedly ran aground on sandbanks, according to the outlet.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line are also off course, running aground and sinking.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Trump's approach to China has run aground, giving Beijing unprecedented advantage in the economic conflict.
    — Edward Fishman, Time, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The ship went aground at Eagle River on Lake Superior in June 1864 and had to be refloated.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Too many negative things — injuries, usage, lack of development in all-round game, Verbeek’s lack of belief in him being a core player — led to Zegras running aground in Anaheim.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The plan ran aground when athletes were apparently awarded identical medals in the same event—the Special Olympics is not, strictly speaking, about winners and losers—and bettors revolted after their payouts were delayed.
    — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Saturday that the Discovery ran aground approximately 60 feet outside Kewalo Basin Harbor.
    — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The Rocus, also known as The Bone Wreck, ran aground while transporting a cargo of cow bones to be used as fertilizer on the island, thus giving Anegada's Cow Wreck Beach its unique name.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The Rocus, also known as The Bone Wreck, ran aground while transporting a cargo of cow bones to be used as fertilizer on the island, thus giving Anegada's Cow Wreck Beach its unique name.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026

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