CAREEN in a Sentence

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For CAREEN, below is one of 4 sentences:
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.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAREEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
careen
 v.  lean to one side, as a ship under press of sail; sway from side to side
Classic Sentence:
1  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.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
2  And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
Example Sentence:
1  He saw the taxicab careen wildly as it rounded the corner.
2  As the Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was careening toward collapse in early February, its owner, Mark Karpeles, found that even some of his fellow virtual currency advocates were losing faith.