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'sailor' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'sailor' with 16 example sentences.


sailor noun

: any member of a ship's crew

: a serviceman in the navy

: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown


  • The sailors abandoned the burning ship.
  • He's considering becoming a sailor.
  • Only a few sailors could be seen.
  • The drunken sailors wrecked havoc inside the bar.
  • The sailors danced on deck.
  • I will need two more sailors.
  • Forty-eight sailors are on the ship.
  • The word astronaut means "star sailor" in Latin.
  • A sailor saw his friend drown from exhaustion.
  • They killed more than three thousand sailors.
  • She has three sons who became sailors.
  • A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.
  • A sailor christened his ship the "Why Not".
  • The sailors were at the mercy of the weather.
  • Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
  • The rangers decided to go to the sailor's rescue.
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