Collocations for "stranded"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stranded" in context.
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strand
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a few strands of hair
- found a strand of hair on [the floor, the counter, my shirt]
- [cord, fiber, rope] strands
- wearing a strand of pearls
- analyze a strand of DNA
- the strands of the plot
- a strand of thought
- literary: the [sea, lake, river] strand
- the [incoming, receding, low] tide stranded the [whale, ship]
- the [storm, waves, current] stranded them on an [island, unknown coast]
'stranded' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):