'sail' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'sail' with 20 example sentences.
- sail noun
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: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
: an ocean trip taken for pleasure
: any structure that resembles a sail
- sail verb
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: traverse or travel on (a body of water)
: move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
: travel on water propelled by wind
: travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
Is it windy enough to go sailing?
The ship will set sail for Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 p.m.
We sailed along the coast.
I want to go sailing.
He failed in the attempt to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
Your ship sails at a quarter past four.
A white yacht was sailing over the sea.
The sails were crimson in the sunset.
If it is fine tomorrow, I will go sailing with my friends.
I saw a white cloud sailing across the sky.
The ship set sail for Bombay.
We sailed from Yokohama to Kobe.
This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.
All the sails were taken down.
Sailing a boat, his chief hobby, costs him most of his salary.
The ship, covered in thick fog, set sail at dawn.
The ship sailed through the Suez Canal.
A gust of wind swelled the sails.
Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.
The ship was sailing at full speed.