stormbound

The next room to mine is full of stormbound travellers, and they and the house-master kept up what I thought was a most important argument for four hours at the top of their voices.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

We were penned in verminous houses of cold stone; lacking fuel, lacking food; stormbound in streets like sewers, amid blizzards of sleet and an icy wind: while there in the valley was sunshine upon spring grass, deep with flowers, upon flocks in milk and air so warm that men went uncloaked.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

He was to return only once more to the land of his birth, and then not by choice: returning from Egypt in October 1799, he was stormbound for a week in Corsica.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

He was to return only once more to the land of his birth, and then not by choice: returning from Egypt in October 1799, he was stormbound for a week in Corsica.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

They met no natives from whom their stocks of deer and other skins could be replenished, and so when they were stormbound for a day here and there they darned and patched so as to prolong the life of their shoes.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

"More likely some travelers stormbound like ourselves," returned Joe practically.

Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Lester Chadwick

Even after the repairs were made, it seemed impossible for the NC-4 to catch up with the other two machines, and she was held stormbound for five days.

Opportunities in Aviation Gordon Lamont

"We'll pretend we're pioneers stormbound in their log cabin in the woods, and the wolves are howling outside, and they daren't go out, so they make a lovely big fire and sit in front of it and read."

Jill the Reckless 1928

"If we aren't stormbound at the summit we'll make Dyea to-morrow night, and if we have luck in catching a steamer we'll be in San Francisco in a week."

Smoke Bellew - The Taste of the Meat 1911

The hut of refuge was already full of stormbound peasants when he entered.

The Book of Old English Ballads George Wharton Edwards 1904