Sentence examples for sail gradually from inspiring English sources

Belisarius' invasion fleet of 533 was apparently at least partly fitted with lateen sails, making it probable that by the time the lateen had become the standard rig for the dromon, with the traditional square sail gradually falling from use in medieval navigation.

Steam gradually replaced sail for propulsion in the last quarter of the 19th century.

Pfenninger gradually descended, sailing low over a gulch — deer fleeing, kids waving — while eying various fields and back yards.

Running before the more powerful ship under all possible sail, the four French frigates gradually became separated from one another in the dark.

Lejoille replied with his own broadside, and the two ships continued firing as they sailed to the east, Généreux gradually closing the range with Leander.

Pellew ordered her back to Britain, and health gradually improved as she sailed through the Atlantic.

The wind gradually came out of the sails of the space program; the Nielsen ratings for each moon landing began to fall.

The large sail of Dimetrodon is thought to have developed gradually from these smaller crests, meaning that over most of the sail's evolutionary history, thermoregulation could not have served an important function.

Gradually their ships grew larger with additional sails, until the picturesque ships of the Age of Sails were a common site in harbors around the world.

She remained loyal, but their relations gradually broke down, even after she sailed to South Africa, joining Hammond on tour in 1939 in an attempt to save the marriage.

The port of Tulcea in Romania gradually drops out of sight as we sail down the Danube.