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Capsizing is an English word with synonyms like shipwreck or wreck. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Capsizing in a sentence

Capsizing | Capsized | Capsizes

Capsizing meaning

present participle and gerund of capsize

Synonyms of Capsizing

Using Capsizing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of capsize
  • Useful related words include: shipwreck, wreck.
  • In the example corpus, capsizing often appears in combinations such as: the capsizing, from capsizing, capsizing the.

Context around Capsizing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Capsizing

  • In this selection, "capsizing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, boat, beowulf, eventually, aged, onto and happened stand out and add context to how "capsizing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and eventually capsizing and sinking and close to capsizing this project. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "capsizing" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with capsizing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

A kayaker has died after capsizing in Loch Lochy near Fort William. (12 words)

The casualty boat was damaged in the capsizing and the boat was recovered. (13 words)

Stability problems can lead to excessive pitching and rolling, and eventually capsizing and sinking. (14 words)

Doyle said the toll makes the capsizing “the single biggest incident of dead and missing this year” on the Mediterranean, after two other shipwrecks off the Libyan coast in January and February that each left 100 people dead or missing and presumed dead. (43 words)

This was due to the ballast needed to offset the weight of the tanks, and the requirement that the coasters be grounded to prevent them from capsizing as the tanks were transferred by crane onto the vessel's wooden side ramps. (41 words)

It is speculated that the sank when it was pulled too close to shore in a storm off the coast of Namibia, causing the ship’s hull to collide with a rock and lean over, capsizing the vessel. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Aldridge bounced back from a capsizing aged seven that put her off the water and took up kite foiling for weekend fun.

And I was in such a negative headspace during the challenge with the adrenaline pumping and the panic and the boat capsizing.

Investigators think the ’s bow was the first part of the ship to sink before capsizing onto its right side, the report added.

It is speculated that the sank when it was pulled too close to shore in a storm off the coast of Namibia, causing the ship’s hull to collide with a rock and lean over, capsizing the vessel.

It remains unclear where the ship, measuring 100 metres, overturned and whether there were any souls aboard at the time of capsizing.

MV Mirola 1 ran aground on July 31, which eventually led to its capsizing, while MT Jason Bradley sank on July 27.

Several survivors have said the capsizing happened after the Greek coast guard attempted to tow the ship, an accusation Greek authorities deny.

At Loch Ness, he stands in their rickety rowboat and, waving his cane, recites the “Song of Creation” from “Beowulf,” capsizing the boat and dumping himself and Parini in the water.

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A kayaker has died after capsizing in Loch Lochy near Fort William.

Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy spoke with the officials within minutes after the news of capsizing of the boat broke.

When Serge asked Eyves to repeat himself, the skipper simply said: 'I'm capsizing, come quickly' and Serge noted he had an element of panic in his voice.

Doyle said the toll makes the capsizing “the single biggest incident of dead and missing this year” on the Mediterranean, after two other shipwrecks off the Libyan coast in January and February that each left 100 people dead or missing and presumed dead.

Only the ferry’s underside has been exposed since the capsizing on Thursday afternoon that killed 167 people.

The casualty boat was damaged in the capsizing and the boat was recovered.

A film critic for the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Cameron's overweening pride has come close to capsizing this project" and that the film was "a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances".

Initial tests showed that the ship was able to make the turn described by eyewitnesses without capsizing.

Stability problems can lead to excessive pitching and rolling, and eventually capsizing and sinking.

They hollowed out logs to make canoes and stabilized them by attaching outriggers to prevent them from capsizing.

This enabled the " eskimo roll " to become the preferred method of regaining posture after capsizing, especially as few Inuit could swim; their waters are too cold for a swimmer to survive for long.

This was due to the ballast needed to offset the weight of the tanks, and the requirement that the coasters be grounded to prevent them from capsizing as the tanks were transferred by crane onto the vessel's wooden side ramps.

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Common combinations with capsizing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "capsizing" in a sentence?
An example: "Aldridge bounced back from a capsizing aged seven that put her off the water and took up kite foiling for weekend fun." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "capsizing" from authentic English texts.
What does "capsizing" mean?
Capsizing means: present participle and gerund of capsize
What are synonyms of "capsizing"?
Common synonyms of "capsizing" include: shipwreck, wreck.
How many example sentences with "capsizing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "capsizing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.