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sailed

VERB

travel through water, air; glide

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cross cruise drift float fly leave move navigate reach run shoot skim soar steer sweep

STRONG

boat captain dart embark flit motor pilot scud skipper tack voyage wing

WEAK

cast anchor cast off get under way make headway put to sea set sail skirr weigh anchor

Antonyms

STRONGEST

go land remain stay stop walk

Example Sentences

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The National Crime Agency said previously that 74 people "sailed on to the UK".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

She sailed aboard the Plancius on a trip organized by Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Between March 1 and April 24 this year, an average of 89 commercial vessels sailed around southern Africa, compared with 44 over the same period in 2023, according to the International Monetary Fund's PortWatch monitor.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The outbreak is taking place on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina and visited several remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

It sailed through the air and slipped past Bertha’s beak and down her long, flexible neck so gently that the bird did nothing but blink.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood