Sentence examples for a sail from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a sail" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a sail on a boat or ship, or metaphorically to describe something that catches the wind or moves gracefully.
Example: "The boat glided smoothly across the water, its white sail billowing in the breeze."
Alternatives: "a canvas" or "a sailcloth".

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A sail on the Solent.

It'll become a sail!

"Used a sail the world, girlie.

"Fancy a sail?" he asked after breakfast.

It slackened like a sail.

"Should have brought a sail," I said.

The wind snaps like a sail.

Others have even drifted off while working on a sail.

He rigged a sail and arrived eight hours later.

It billowed like a sail in the morning breeze.

Last year he opened a sail loft in England.

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