shipwrecked sailor

collocation in English

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shipwreck
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈʃɪp.rek/us
/ˈʃɪp.rek/
an accident in which a ship is destroyed or sunk at sea, especially by hitting rocks, or a ship that has been destroyed or sunk in such ...
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sailor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈseɪ.lər/us
/ˈseɪ.lɚ/
a person who works on a ship, especially one who is not ...
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(Definition ofshipwreckandsailorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You awaken one morning on your amply outfitted but very small boat to find that ashipwreckedsailorhas climbed aboard.
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On the other hand, the trespasser and theshipwreckedsailordo have the right to life.
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And because of the smallness of the boat and the size of theshipwreckedsailorit is hard to find a position where your bodies are not in contact.
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A storm frightens the fairies away and washes on shore an exhaustedshipwreckedsailor.
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The song tells the story of a youngshipwreckedsailorwho is about to be eaten by the other sailors.
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The population increased when shipwrecked sailors and castaways arrived; some of them stayed behind and added to the permanent population.
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There are a few who complain at the costs involved in the search for and rescue of shipwrecked sailors.
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The latter are often descendents of shipwrecked sailors and settlers who came during the colonial period.
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Natsuki is washed up on an island where she is rescued by a group of shipwrecked sailors.
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The trail was built to aid in the rescue of shipwrecked sailors.
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While posing as shipwrecked sailors, they would sail out to the vessel offering to take them aboard.
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Those living there said they were the descendants of shipwrecked sailors.
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The device is solar powered and has a shelter for shipwrecked sailors.
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There they burnt the schooner and sought refuge as shipwrecked sailors.
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Formerly, the bodies of shipwrecked sailors were often either buried on the beach where they were found or left in the sea.
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