Sail

//seɪl//

"Sail" in a Sentence (25 examples)

The sail tightened in the strong wind.

We began to sail in the direction of the port.

Sail along the coast.

Clouds sail across the sky.

The ship will set sail for Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 p.m.

The ship will set sail at noon.

The ship set sail only to sink two days later.

The ship is about to set sail.

The ship set sail.

The yacht is under smooth sail.

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When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]

Take in sail: a storm is coming.

Let's go for a sail.

Twenty sail were in sight.

"[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes."

So furious had been the gusts, that high buildings in town had had the lead stripped off their roofs; and in the country, trees had been torn up, and sails of windmills carried away; and gloomy accounts had come in from the coast, of shipwreck and death.

We caught three sails today.

Like an eagle […]soaring / / To weather his broad sails.

Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.

We sail for Australia tomorrow.

As is a winged messenger of heaven, […] / When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, / And sails upon the bosom of the air.

[flavor text of the card "Spirit of the Winds"] A spirit of the wind that freely sails the skies.

A hopeful ball from Forest right-back Brendan Moloney to the left edge of the area was met first by Ruddy but his attempted clearance rebounded off Tyson's leg and sailed in.

The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room.

He would sit his hat across the room, and we would sail cards into it.

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