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Example sentences for: foundered

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Coretta was a reliable liberal mascot, but she foundered as an executive.
It was being towed out of the harbor for scrap but broke loose from its ties and foundered on rocks here, never to be moved again.
Now if you meant that to be a pun, then I have no problem with it, but if, instead, you meant that you failed, the better word might have been "foundered," meaning that you a) failed completely or b) went directly to the bottom.
John must have taken offense--though at what I can't imagine--because our friendship foundered after that.
The economy has foundered since the Soviet Union's collapse.