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Meanings of cast adrift in English

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Usage of cast adrift in English
1
Afterwards they would be cast adrift in the deep water to rinse.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
2
Colin Firth is cast adrift in an open boat in The Mercy.
Radio NZ
3
It's like being cast adrift on a ship, you grow amazingly close.
Danielle Steel
4
She trembled at the thought of being thus cast adrift on the world.
Constance Dunlap
5
And he was disowned in disgrace, cast adrift without a cent.
Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
6
I shall soon be cast adrift on the sea, a wreck.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
7
You cannot escape from this clearing, for I have cast adrift your canoe.
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
8
In the meantime, we were cast adrift on a sea of supposition and conjecture.
Siege of heaven
9
Yet, by the end, Arsenal had effectively been cast adrift.
The Irish Times
10
So those treacherous ones cast adrift on the ocean the one who remained faithful.
The Strange Little Girl: A Story for Children
11
Though memories faded, the anxiety that filled Dess didn't disappear but was cast adrift.
Touching darkness
12
To be cast adrift on the sea and to have found a providential spar!
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
13
The Carbon Trust and Energy Savings Trust have been cast adrift, with no core funding.
The Guardian
14
Always a bad moment for sailors, when they saw their means of survival cast adrift.
Sword of Honour
15
Presently the ship's anchor released itself from the sinking bottom, and she was cast adrift.
Odd John
16
Keen had been on deck and had yelled for the quarter-boat to be cast adrift.
Honour This Day
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common