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'sail' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'sail' with 20 example sentences.


sail noun

: 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

: 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.
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