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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"He'd have sailed over the cliff if they'd let him."

From BBC • May 8, 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

I sailed aboard the MV Hondius in July 2019 on what was only its second voyage, around the Svalbard archipelago in the Norwegian Arctic.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

“My school was evacuated to Berkshire. I’ll miss my friends, but I’m quite keen for a new adventure. My grandmother summoned me to Cleveland, but that ship has sailed, you see. Pun intended.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin