Crossword clues for careened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Careen \Ca*reen"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Careened; p. pr. & vb. n. Careening.] [OF. cariner, F. car['e]ner, fr. OF. car[`e]ne, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carin
] (Naut.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: careen)
Usage examples of "careened".
He slashed out with his sword as he careened past, gaining hope as he felt it connect with something solid.
His thoughts careened suddenly back to Pony and the kiss at the twin pines atop the ridge.
Images, memories of the time o€ his past life, a few weeks that sometimes seemed as a few minutes and other times a few centuries, careened about the edges of his consciousness.
Her thoughts careened back and forth between the realization of her true name and her experience with Connor.
It careened around the taxi and headed for the curve in the road that led to the airport terminal's entrance.
Converse careened into the side of an automobile parked at the curb, and still the man held on.
The Mercedes plunged forward, skirting past Frau Geyner's car, and in a sudden attempt to avoid a hole in the overgrown pavement, the driver swung to his left, then to his right, skidding on the surface, the tires sliding on the crawling vine weeds until the side of the car careened into the disintegrating stone gate.
For a brief moment the fireball of the early sun had careened a blinding ray through a geometric maze of glass and steel across the park and entered his window before being blocked by a distant building.
The ringing stopped as Stone wildly, blindly careened around the room, trying to trace the bell trying to find the phone.
Before its streaking light had dissipated, Catti-brie fired a third, this one screeching like a banshee as it careened off the worked tunnel's stone walls.
Then came a third hit, and the world was swirling, darkening, as the spirit of Bizmatec careened along the corridor that would take him back to the Abyss for a hundred years of banishment.
More than once, he nearly careened off a trench wall, still intact web street, or building.
There would be a need for lodgings on shore while the Resolution was careened on the beach, her hull cleaned of weed and examined for any sign of shipworm.
However, as soon as the ship is careened I intend sending a band of hunters inland, beyond the hills to see if they cannot find easier prey.
Where she lay careened on the beach, the Resolution had been hit by shot.