maroon
verb
marooned; marooning; maroons
1
: to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate
2
: to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape
Examples of maroon in a Sentence
sailors marooned on a desert island
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As a white male who inhabited a once homogeneous town, Harry feels marooned, marginalized by the social and racial turmoil of the late 1960s.
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Time, 12 May 2026
Prior to the launch of Sunday Ticket in 1994, a Colts fan marooned in Gotham would have no recourse but to head out to a sports bar.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
Thinking of my mother marooned in her house was dismaying to me.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
The oldest sleeper carriage on the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, Sleeping Car 3309 was famously marooned in a snow drift sixty miles from Istanbul in 1929.
—Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026
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Time, 12 May 2026
Prior to the launch of Sunday Ticket in 1994, a Colts fan marooned in Gotham would have no recourse but to head out to a sports bar.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
Thinking of my mother marooned in her house was dismaying to me.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
The oldest sleeper carriage on the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express, Sleeping Car 3309 was famously marooned in a snow drift sixty miles from Istanbul in 1929.
—Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for maroon
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“Maroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maroon. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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maroon
1 of 2 verb
ma·roon
mə-ˈrün 
1
: to put ashore and abandon on a lonely island or coast
2
: to leave isolated and helpless
maroon
2 of 2 noun
: a dark red
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