The ship's owner was reluctant to put the vessel at risk by leaving the harbor, effectively stranding the crew in London.

In New Jersey, events left one candidate for governor stranded overseas and effectively suspended all politicking within the state.

His tactic had bought a few more seconds, but left him effectively stranded on a steel platform several dozen feet above the floor.

The Doctor's party are drawn unwillingly into this conflict on discovering someone, or something, has removed the lock of the TARDIS - effectively stranding them aboard the rocket.

In 2004, shortly before her trial is scheduled to begin, she escapes to her family's private island from which she cannot be extradited, effectively stranding her for life.

He is considered a traitor by Dorssia due to the actions Haruto commits while in control of his body, and is effectively stranded on Module 77.

After her husband had lost his job and then their home in Newburgh, they had been effectively stranded here, seven miles out of town, with no car and no access to public transportation.

Without warp plasma, the engines would be all but useless, effectively stranding the Chandley and her crew here, in the sights of an alien ship's weapons.

This split the village, leaving the small Local Authority housing estate of Trem Eilian effectively stranded on the other side of what has become a very busy main road.

That doesn't change the fact that we were effectively stranded there till spring.