Sentence examples for could sail closer from inspiring English sources

The Sappho "could sail closer to the wind than any other yacht on runners," said an article in The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle in 1879.

President Kim Dae Jung's government earlier this month proposed an agreement with the North under which vessels from each country could sail close to the other's shores.

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Well, not quite, but they did sail close to rock cabaret at times.

We sail close to the wind, but it wouldn't be revenge if we didn't".

Someone else could sail her.

He could sail away, as far as he liked.

With characteristic enthusiasm, he could sail into hyperbole.

He asked where he could sail to be in compliance.

I used to feel we could sail away.

Besides being faster, SUI-64 sailed closer to the wind -- or higher, in sailing lingo.