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Meanings of watery grave in English

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Usage of watery grave in English
1
He had no desire to share a watery grave with his captors.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
2
Many died with disease, and thousands were consigned to a watery grave.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Vo...
3
Mrs. Smith was saved, but her husband went to a watery grave.
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters
4
And if not, toil, anxiety, and a watery grave; and for me!
The Phantom Ship
5
The brave captain and all the other passengers went to their watery grave.
After Long Years and Other Stories
6
They reached them just in time to save them from a watery grave.
McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader
7
He went down amid the flames to fill a watery grave.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
8
To me they were pathetically pleading for a belated watery grave.
My Tropic Isle
9
Sirs, you know the rest,-yousnatched me from a watery grave.
The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche
10
The rotting of a corpse in a watery grave was not so fearful.
The picture of Dorian Gray (First printing version)
11
In death, the two goons were reunited in a watery grave.
The Secret Crown (2010)
12
Open not, oh ocean, thy relentless bosom to yield him a watery grave!
Italian Letters, Vols. I and II; Or, The History of the Count de...
13
The others disappeared quietly into a watery grave at sea.
A good woman
14
Ay; and they rescued me from a watery grave, as the lubbers call it.
Foul Play
15
Moses was rescued from a watery grave, and raised at the court of Egypt.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
16
It was here that, in May, 1846, Miss Fiske narrowly escaped a watery grave.
Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
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Watery grave through the time
Watery grave across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common