How to Use capsize in a Sentence

capsize

verb

• They were fooling around and accidentally capsized the canoe.
• And this boat needs to be capsized.
  — Mike Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
• That way, no one event can capsize the fund.
  — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
• That was if their boat did not fall apart or capsize along the way.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
• Eight people died when one of the lifeboats capsized.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
• Their jaunt in the water took a scary turn when their kayak capsized.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
• One of the lifeboats capsized on the way to shore, killing eight people.
  — Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
• The refugee boat that capsized went over in driving wind and rain and high seas.
  — NBC News, 29 Sep. 2017
• Any of these tourist ships caught in the area at the wrong time would be helpless to capsize.
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
• On about the third day of drifting, one of the aluminum boats capsized and sank.
  — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 9 Oct. 2019
• Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.
  — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
• Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
• Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
• Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
• Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
• Dong recalled that dread ran deep because his tiny boat might capsize if the winds and waves picked up.
  — ABC News, 29 June 2026
• The speedboat is believed to have hit rough waters, which led it to capsize.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 24 July 2022
• Or your strong emotions might well up out of the deep and threaten to capsize a mission.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
• But before the panga reached the shore, a wave capsized the vessel.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
• We are saved in the water, baptized by the waves, but never capsized by the wakes.
  — Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
• This, as much as any one thing, capsized the Hoosiers in 2017.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2018
• Suspicions were aroused when rescuers reached the boat and saw it wasn’t capsized.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
• The boat capsized after the crash, throwing all into the bay.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
• In the rough waves, the marine unit capsized and three agents were thrown into the water.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
• The boat had capsized, hurtling the 14 people into the bay.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
• Some rushed through the final rapids, while others got hung up on the rocks, got pushed to the side, or capsized.
  — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
• Throw in a mosasaur attack that nearly capsizes the boat of a group of researchers and their armed guides.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
• The craft capsized, dumping all three boaters into the water.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 4 July 2018
• Rocking the boat won’t capsize your career this year; not if there’s a point to your pushback.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
• The Coast Guard says the dead man's body was not retrieved and that the boat had capsized.
  — CBS News, 22 Sep. 2017