Sentence examples for sail from inspiring English sources

The word sail is correct and usable in written English
You can use it as a verb to refer to the action of using a boat or ship to travel across water, or to refer to the activity of taking part in a sailing race. For example: I'm going sailing with my friends this weekend.

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sail

noun

A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

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Or try river cruise camping, where you sail by day in a small Skellig vessel and pitch your tent each night at campsites bordering the river.

You can't visit Antigua without going sailing: we opted for a romantic sunset sail around the bay.

JP Morgan is likely to pay $13bn, and it will continue to sail on with its reputation and, eventually its profits, totally untouched.

In this adventure, you sail to the Silver Bank in a liveaboard dive ship then, twice a day, move out on small boats to locate the whales.

The most memorable trip was a six-hour night sail from Anegada to Tortola.

Arden, who had multiple sclerosis, was admitted to Stepping Hill for a mild chest infection and would have expected to "sail through this storm", the court heard.

British Virgin Islands: Set sail for Biras Creek on Virgin Gorda, located between two hills on a spectacular 140-acre peninsula, and accessed only by boat.

The cruise takes us in the wake of many illustrious explorers and pioneers - we sail down the Magellan straits, the Beagle channel - but also to reminders of just what European arrival meant.

The Avengers film is evidently going to sail way past its existing 2015 rivals, setting a target for this year's other likely big hitters (Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Spectre) to match.

In 1971, when a small team of activists set sail to protest against nuclear testing near Alaska, the independent organisation Greenpeace was formed.

Premise: A handsome beach bum, whose good looks and permanently baked demeanour have allowed him to sail through life, finally gets a dose of reality when his girlfriend breaks up with him, leaving him in sole charge of their yoga studio.

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