sail

Example Sentences

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The last South Korea-bound oil tanker to sail through the Strait of Hormuz dropped off its cargoes late last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The international flotilla of some 100 boats, mostly setting sail from Barcelona on April 12, will head towards Gaza around April 20, according to the organisers.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

And so the plot tracks Tereza’s episodic adventures on the run, escaping to sail down the river in search of a working airplane.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

When Titanic departed on her doomed maiden voyage in April 1912 she was the largest, most luxurious and most technically advanced ship ever to sail the seas.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They had been sailing in the Immortal’s boat for half a day when Irian left Nighthand, edged round the sail, and came to them.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell