sail

Example Sentences

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“Too windy to travel,” a sailor announces, and the news spreads quickly through the crowd that no ships will sail today.

From Literature

"Some people say the stones might have been sailed down from Scotland or Wales, or they might have been transported over land using rolling logs, but really we might never know," Dr. Clarke said.

From Science Daily

At the end of that tour, both Williams and Orange sailed off on their own courses and Take That became a trio.

From BBC

The tanker had previously sailed near the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the votes at issue was about a project in Bonin’s district that sailed through the council, with Price’s vote unimportant to the project’s outcome.

From Los Angeles Times