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    Use "careen" in a sentence

    careen example sentences

    careen


    careened


    careening


    careens


    1. second I expected the Belle to careen against either one side


    2. The promise of the Morning Star, the universality of the Christian institution, had imploded upon itself in the afternoon of its ascendancy, leaving its fractured remnants to careen across the heavens of Man’s infidelity!


    3. I try my best to avoid the toy aisles wherever we are, but usually end up having to put on my hard-ass mama face and careen through the check-out line before the 4-year-old tears start


    4. Gaal was still standing straight, but the force of Ben’s sword misdirected the thing just enough to cause it to careen past Gaal’s shoulder by six inches


    5. I hear the snapping of wood as we careen through


    6. The destroyer lurched and then began to careen out of control


    7. careen slowly through the woods


    8. He landed on a building top, abandoning his bike to careen into a tree


    9. Miraculously, against all logic, the southern hemisphere of Clug Raddo does not careen into oblivion but continues a functional orbit with life-sustainability


    10. mama face and careen through the check-out line before the 4-year-old tears

    11. Her personal treasures broke across the tiled entryway as her bare feet scattered them before her sobbing careen from the apartment


    12. A slight smile curled Ralf’s lips---he had considered the notion that in truth he should be thanking this poor initiate for the actions that he would have taken some years hence, in a future not-to-be, as that act had been the only reason that Ralf had been enabled to careen lustily through these past centuries


    13. constantly as if he were about to careen off the rough bush track


    14. Suellen and Careen had cried themselves to sleep, as they did at least twice a day when they thought of Ellen, tears of grief and weakness oozing down their sunken cheeks


    15. "Oh, Lord! Have pity on innocent souls!" In his mind Semyon saw the engine strike against the loosened rail with its left wheel, shiver, careen, tear up and splinter the sleepers—and just there, there was a curve and the embankment seventy feet high, down which the engine would topple—and the third-class carriages would be packed … little children… All sitting in the train now, never dreaming of danger


    16. At that moment a mountainous wave struck the yacht, making her careen so violently that the mast seemed to touch the sea, and when she righted herself the lowest man was gone!


    1. They clipped a car that was swerving out of the way and careened into a truck


    2. She careened down the road, cutting corners and bends, tendrils of wet hair whipping at my face, my hands on her hips and my head in the clouds


    3. as she careened through doorways and down the stairs, tripping and


    4. James looked greener and greener as they careened


    5. I shouted a warning to Detective Inspector Grunt, who was out tidying up the flowerbeds and seeing us, he jumped clear, laughing loudly when we careened into the old horse-trough, coming to a juddering halt


    6. his fishing boat careened past, unable to avoid giving the rock


    7. With no driver, the car careened out of control and crashed into the house,


    8. Selma bit her tongue in fear as they careened and listed


    9. With no opportunity for avoidance, Yigal and Azareel gaped wild-eyed as the cargo careened toward them


    10. The boat also careened up the bank, but without

    11. Just then Yigal, Benjamin, and Naaman careened around the rocky outcrop


    12. In the sudden press of the crowding and shoving, Moshe careened over the stern and only


    13. With no opportunity for avoidance, Yigal and Azareel gaped wild-eyed as the cargo careened


    14. The giant careened back into the junkyard, and his right hand fell off, landing in the scrap metal with a horrible CLANG!


    15. It careened down a steep embankment and rolled a couple of times before catching fire


    16. The hydra exhaled a barrage of fireballs that enveloped the purple bird in a primrose cloud as it careened toward the sea


    17. The lights in its eyes went out and it careened to side, dropping with a loud crash


    18. Stralin careened over, screaming and clutching his destroyed shoulder


    19. one that followed the last time that thought careened across our bow


    20. The van careened down the streets of town

    21. The shive hit the metal tray and careened harmlessly into the air with Mensk's arm flailing behind it like a flapping shirtsleeve in a breeze


    22. It lifted off the ground again and this time, careened toward the turret


    23. Because of his speed, he careened off the ceiling, came towards a wall, but over


    24. Randi screamed as the car careened through traffic and crashed into a utility pole


    25. “Well then, this is truly remarkable! It would appear that you’ve careened headfirst into your new existence, eh? But you needn’t be overly concerned with what happened just now, as your bearings should settle down once you’ve gained self-control


    26. Using the stick, Pedro careened down on the head of the goat


    27. Above, Vinnie careened backward, smashing against a box filled with outdated weightlifting devices


    28. It careened to and fro in the slow-motion frames of an old-fashioned movie, flashing pictures from 40


    29. As his bulky shoulders careened back towards the concrete, Tony let go of the flashlight


    30. “I got this,” he said as he pressed hard on the gas and careened down the street

    31. When he lunged out of the tunnel into the cave he did not realize it until his hand slipped and he careened forward causing a painful abrasion on one side of his face and across his jaw


    32. Cars careened into one another and a television broadcast van parked outside the Legislative Council building was jolted sideways as another commercial van rammed into the side


    33. The runaway city bus careened past him and struck a building


    34. Twenty Three Oh Six slid into the opening and careened through the colorful tunnel


    35. With a wave of her hand, the molten pool behind her came to life again, depicting a familiar fleet of ships glowing with fire as they careened towards the ground, screams still echoed in the halls even after the image dissipated


    36. The back of the small torso careened into more jellyfish tendrils, waves of forgotten hair


    37. As they careened


    38. He reached for the steering wheel and began pulling it side-to-side and so we careened from the right side of the road to the wrong side, over and over and over again


    39. whirling, crashed over the parking lot curb and careened through a stand of


    40. As both horses and riders somersaulted into the ditch from the force of their momentum alone, they were impaled on the sharpened stakes which lined the steep sides of the deep trough into which they had careened

    41. As I searched for something to say, a black car careened around the corner of the winding industrial row and screeched to a stop in front of the warehouse


    42. Her husband quickly careened out of control as he grabbed his wife’s hand and attempted to yank her out of the chair


    43. The door slammed to because it was on the careened side; and in a half second I was in the boat, and Jim come tumbling after me


    44. At Pier 41 the transpacific ocean liner President Madison snapped her hawsers and careened into the steamboat Harvester, sinking her


    45. Cars careened off roads and into ditches, where their occupants clutched cloths to their faces, struggled to breathe, gagged, and coughed up dirt


    46. California and Washington careened into the last five hundred yards, storming down the corridor of open water between the spectators’ boats


    47. The plane caught hard, veered left, and careened toward two parked bombers


    48. We shot up Larkin, climbing through the lights, then rocked over the bumps as we careened over Nob Hill


    49. But at that moment, I wouldn’t have noticed if I’d careened face-first into the entire cast of The Walking Dead, because all I was focused on was the building where Matthew had lived


    50. screamed as I careened into the mirror










    1. The horses reared and bolted, taking their helpless driver and passengers careening into the fencing


    2. Usually the something bad is the club head turning as it meets the golf ball, with the ball careening almost one hundred and eighty degrees from the golfer


    3. Something struck the Confederation with such force that she was sent careening into the


    4. Then he was working the door handle, and suddenly it flew open to send her careening


    5. houses from their foundations and sending them careening into the next, shattering them


    6. That fall, our family was like bumper cars, all alike, careening off of one another


    7. A huge waterfall was careening over a precipice more


    8. As Moshe’s wildly cheering troop neared the bottom of the hill, their momentum sent them careening into the great mass of people and animals streaming south toward where the ridge disappeared into the surrounding landform


    9. It charged ahead, desperately trying to keep up with the frenzy of motion careening along beside it


    10. side of the careening barge

    11. desperately trying to keep up with the frenzy of motion careening along beside it


    12. I mean sure there are some art house---” you swerve out of the way of a careening truck


    13. the rite of passage toward which Stallman had been careening


    14. The sudden bump and a swerve sent the jeep careening onto its side, sliding with waves of dirt and leaves riding at the sides in a small wave


    15. Vehicles; rusted old excuses for cars, hovercars and carriages, screeched wheels and careening into each other as they turned away from the orderran ships


    16. Moving at a brisk canter, Feltus, Terence, Harold, and Billy Joe arrived at the swash, the treacherous crossing point that had turned them back the last time with its raging waters, five minutes later to find the only five—or ten-foot-wide stream nearly dry with only about an inch or two of water careening gently to the sea


    17. " The whiskey was loosening my lips, and the thoughts were careening and pinging off the walls of my brain


    18. After 15 minutes of clinging onto the careening boat, Max’s arms ached and he wondered when it would stop


    19. It tilted on its axis and started careening to the left


    20. Its one hundred and forty tons of metal tore the turret from its mount and bounced it over the edge like a rubber ball careening toward hell

    21. The careening brown dwarf then collided head on with the second planet of the system


    22. It seems to me that all of us have been careening along collectively long enough


    23. That rambling train of information that had been careening down the track, screaming ahead into the dark with no light at the front of his engine had finally come into the station


    24. The other ship took longer to die, its neck completely severed in two, sending the bridge tumbling and the drive section careening out of control, crashing it into an asteroid


    25. of the Rot Walker on his left sending it careening over the


    26. The last thing that she saw were the whites of Jimbo’s eyes before she sent his expensive family wagon careening off of a bridge and into the hillside below


    27. I remained quiet as my mind whirled in careening emotions and that's when Bethanie paid me a visit, offering a million apologies about the animosity of her actions


    28. “Fire in the hole!” Cap’n hollered as he jumped from the landing, careening head-on into Ritter, who was standing in his path


    29. Cap’n jumped onto the back of the careening truck as it shot down the alley


    30. My plan of stealth would have worked if the demon hadn't landed a punch to Jacob's stomach, sending him careening into the brick wall

    31. Suddenly, amidst the packs of dragons careening past the ships, a large black dragon swooped down out of the clouds, bursting through the mainsail, and lunged for Isabel


    32. A fearsome rack of claws appeared in the firelight, careening towards Eilidh’s head


    33. baseballs, careening down the driveway


    34. disappeared through the cave wall, a careening


    35. disappeared into the wall, a careening soldier


    36. In my daydream, Kestrel never came careening around the corner, and Raf slowly leaned toward me


    37. And then they danced, the two of them careening around the deck, swinging, smiling, laughing, giddy for now under a blue Seattle sky


    38. The car careening toward him, swerving in the last instant, the vehicles brushing past with only inches to spare


    39. With Louis now careening almost aimlessly around the ring, the German leaned into Louis’s body and launched a rapid-fire flurry of hard rights to his head and face, followed by one final crushing blow to the jaw


    40. Too much rudder and Moch ran the risk of careening into the lane to his left, too little and he might get blown to his right and off the course entirely

    41. The wind slapped the raft in one direction, then another, sending it spinning up swells, perhaps forty feet, then careening down into troughs as deep as canyons


    42. A minute later two men came careening out of the building where Puller had been held and looked around for their former captive


    43. The crowd suddenly gave a lane for a careening carriage hurried with straining faces, lugging packages and sacks and boxes of food—more food and through the lane came the frail and elegant Mrs


    44. One day, he and William had been speeding toward each other; the next, careening away


    45. I stow’d away on a French Ship which had call’d at Barbadoes for Careening


    46. “What’s careening?” I askt, knowing little then of the Pyrate Round


    47. The Happy Delivery had gone too long without Careening, and when her Timbers creakt so, she readily sprung small Leaks


    48. I GUNNED MY EXPLORER, careening through a red light on Ness heading toward Geary


    49. Or that a wrench of the wheel could send the car careening into a tree or stone wall


    50. ” That wasn’t easy with the bus careening down the streets






    1. retros so the rock overtakes us, and then tuck in behind it as it careens towards the transit point


    2. It careens off the road the down the hill


    3. The blimp careens away


    4. When instantly, the entire ship careens over on her side; every bolt in her starts like the nail-heads of an old house in frosty weather; she trembles, quivers, and nods her frighted mast-heads to the sky


    5. As an overladen Indiaman bearing down the Hindostan coast with a deck load of frightened horses, careens, buries, rolls, and wallows on her way; so did this old whale heave his aged bulk, and now and then partly turning over on his cumbrous rib-ends, expose the cause of his devious wake in the unnatural stump of his starboard fin


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    Synonyms for "careen"

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    "careen" definitions

    pitching dangerously to one side


    walk as if unable to control one's movements


    move sideways or in an unsteady way