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How can you use “foundered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Past efforts have foundered, because the president did not support them; because the DCI, the secretary of defense, or both opposed them; and because some proposals lacked merit.
All countries initially foundered.
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.
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.
The economy has foundered since the Soviet Union's collapse.