Sentence examples for sail a few from inspiring English sources
At best the device will sail a few hours and gain a few miles in altitude.
In the sixteen-forties and fifties, colonists began to sail a few miles to kill whales spotted from shore, and, not long afterward, Colonial governments were demanding a share of the profits from these whales, too.
Fishermen can sail a few miles from the pier to the S.S. John Worthington shipwreck, a World War II tanker that was sunk in the Lydia Ann Channel between Port Aransas and St. Jo's in an effort to create an artificial reef, and cast out for trout and red fish.
The craft will have a solar sail, a few meters across and weighing a few grams.
The second challenge will be in nanotechnology: to develop a light sail material that is no more than a few hundred atoms thick so that they can build a sail a few meters across that weighs no more than a few grams.
A high-performance boat used in collegiate and Olympic sailing, it is the sailboat reduced to its simplest form: A giant right triangle of a sail, a few lines of rope and pulleys, and a smooth fiberglass hull that actually lifts out of the water when a sailor catches a good gust of wind at the right angle.
Instead the Tuxedo Royale shut forever and sailed a few miles up river to a truly horrendous place – the "ghost ships" graveyard in Hartlepool.
If much of the time, she seems to be sailing a few feet above the emotional fray, Ms. Dearie is deeply expressive in her own quirky way.
Over one stretch, Lee struck out seven of nine, a run that ended — just barely — when a full-count fastball in the fourth to Teixeira sailed a few inches high.
On Fitzpatrick's next pass, which sailed a few inches behind Johnson in the back of the end zone, Revis faulted Pool for drifting toward him, for not maintaining his coverage.
Trachsel has won his last three starts, has not lost since Aug. 1 and pitched a game to remember yesterday, even if a potential perfect game sailed a few inches over Perez's glove.
