The talks quickly foundered, however, as the armed forces came to dominate Mr. Duarte's Government.

With his departure, French and the St. Louis Motor Carriage Company quickly foundered.

The tack quickly foundered.

Grom was captured and taken in tow, but she quickly foundered.

It quickly foundered and nearly sank.

The liaison quickly foundered on, among other things, the artist's predeliction for wearing galoshes at all times and Terry's eccentric behavior in public.

On 30 September a squall off Antigua caught Seaforth and she foundered quickly.

He led the Soviet's artillery attack on Finland at the start of the Winter War, which quickly foundered under his poor leadership.

With little special outside help or attention, many of these early experiments in African democracy quickly foundered.

Efforts then to build greater technological cooperation quickly foundered because of differences over the terms of the agreement for military sales.