derailment

Examples of derailed

derailed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Although cars stream by, pedestrians lose the impetus to move forward, derailed by this cool pool of sound with its mysterious, chantlike hum.
The train derailed, he was thrown off, and both legs were broken.
The events of 1956 also derailed my research program.
It was certainly a cultural collision that derailed this doctorpatient relationship and interfered with the resident's ability to fulfill his duty to his patient.
This was a colossal failure, where cynical manipulation, massive corruption, and state terror derailed an expensive attempt to impose ' democracy ' from above.
At times, they worried that their original research ideas might be derailed.
Trains refusing to stop were to be derailed.
Shortly thereafter, the train derailed while crossing over a buckled rail joint (a "snake-head").
The ' normal' progress of the courtship has been inwardly derailed, even if the outward forms are being observed.
It subsequently helped to mitigate crises which could have derailed the peace processes.
It is quite a test of rhythmic control to maintain the pulse and not be derailed by some unevenly-divided triplet groupings with fast-moving syllables.
His potentially song-like utterances, a scalar passage or rhythmic pattern, break down almost as soon as they are launched, becoming stuck, derailed, by his stutter.
Indeed, administrators could easily be consumed by benefit issues and get derailed from promoting the strategic objectives of the organization.
An additional request by the viceroys for interest on the negotiated sum almost derailed the mission, but after threatening to leave, interest was no longer mentioned.
This relationship, however, can be derailed.
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