maroon's Usage Examples:

marooned in the middle of the Atlantic, who could not swim.

As the great white leviathan gobbles up the twitterers, the two men realize they've broken twitter, and marooned all of the users in a sea of irrelevance.

marooned on an island with only that book to read is kind of my dream in life.

Still, they were blissfully marooned on their little island of snow for another day until the snow melted enough that Alex could get to work.

It was sensual, dark and cool: black walls and obsidian wood flooring covered by jewel-toned rugs, mahogany California King bed with the finest maroon silk sheets and a dark gray comforter so soft, it was like sleeping in a cloud.

binding in blindstamped maroon cloth; brown endpapers.

courgette flowers?The tiny speckled maroon caribou rapidly devoured the three-day old courgette.

Claus costume is usually a miniskirt in red, green or maroon velvet, a tight low-cut bodice and sexy black knee high boots.

He also put down the maroons or runaway slaves who had long been the pest of the island.

The slash in his arm was deep, and maroon blood bubbled into the snow.

She was marooned in a remote outpost of life, doomed only to be a distant watcher.

For really dressy occasions, choose a silver taffeta dress with a crinoline netting that creates a full-skirt, or forgo the traditional crimson color and choose a rich velvet maroon dress with capped sleeves.

Zingiber officinale blooms have a small green inflorescence with white and maroon flowers.

Synonyms:

abandon, forsake, strand, desolate, desert,

Antonyms:

pearly, grey-white, felicitous, auspicious, unpropitiousness,