Sentence examples for sailed clear from inspiring English sources

Mr. Letterman chuckled, getting a reference to the legendary British driver, Stirling Moss, that probably sailed clear over his millions of viewers.

The other day Voyager sailed clear out of the solar system into interstellar space — the first man-made object to do so — recording its environment on an 8-track deck.

Only "natural" features count: a low-tide elevation cannot become a rock, nor a rock an island, merely by building on it.America has sailed clear of the 12-mile zones not, it says, because it accepts Chinese sovereignty over the land feature, or that China is entitled to territorial waters.

She likens her quest for reasons to live with sailing: keeping an eye out for "darker places" and sailing clear of them.

The euro zone, which six months ago appeared to be sailing clear of America's problems, now appears to have been ensnared.

Try as he might, Van Liew, 35, couldn't sail clear of the storm, and he ended up passing through its eye.

While veteran Cup skippers including Francesco Bruni of Italy and Dean Barker of New Zealand raced in traditional Cup boats, a generation of young sailors around the world were racing on weekends on fast, small boats and winning world championships in Olympic 49ers, A-Class catamarans and the International Moth, which sails clear of the water on foils.

In the fall of 2012, Team New Zealand, a syndicate that has won the Cup twice since 1995, exploited a loophole in the AC 72 rule by creating "lifting" centerboards that allow the giant catamarans to sail clear of the water on foils, reducing drag and sending the boats well into highway speeds.

Nevertheless, San Francisco, almost helpless to defend herself, managed to momentarily sail clear of the melee.

You can strike Texas and Ohio from my earlier list because Greg Abbott (R) and John Kasich (R) seem to be sailing clear toward victory.

The only problem, and it was a big one, was that until the 66th minute, every one of their many shots sailed well clear of the mark.