Sentence examples for supposed to sail from inspiring English sources

I was seeing this lovely married man, we had bought tickets for a cruise, and the day before we're supposed to sail he cancels just because his wife has been diagnosed with A.L.S. Do you know how slowly that disease moves?

He already knew Duran from some abortive "crazy project" involving a boat full of hippies that was supposed to sail from Brazil to India.

Bonifatius, Gelimer's secretary, was supposed to sail with it to Spain, where Gelimer too would later follow, but adverse winds kept the ship in harbour and in the end, Bonifatius handed it over to the Romans in exchange for his own safety (as well as a considerable share of the treasure, if Procopius is to be believed).

Alone, Jackalow was further supposed to have sailed the Spray to South Brooklyn, purchased supplies, and then sailed south.

"I was supposed to be sailing in the St Barth's Bucket Race on March 24th," he wrote.

The ring was originally supposed to set sail from Long Island's northern shore, but the port the team planned to use was damaged by Hurricane Sandy last fall.

I wish I'd known that I was supposed to take sailing lessons first!

It was supposed to be smooth sailing all the way for France Telecom.

According to the bid, 80% of the streams and sewers flowing into Guanabara Bay – the site of the sailing events – were supposed to have been treated by 2016.

(Did you know that Pier 54 in Chelsea was where the Titanic was supposed to dock and where the Lusitania set sail? If not, the happy tour will be educational. New Yorkers will judge how irritating a repeated education can become).

"You're supposed to be that kind of insouciant guy who just sails through – that annoys me.