Sentence examples for white sail from inspiring English sources

A white sail is a lovely thing.

Against the sky, the large black and white sail was certainly a striking sight.

Beleyet parus odinoky (1936; Lonely White Sail, or A White Sail Gleams), another novel, treats the 1905 revolution from the viewpoint of two Odessa schoolboys; it was the basis of a classic Soviet film.

And I enjoyed my state of semi-collapse in the bow, ducking as the mighty white sail changed direction overhead.

If she agrees to come, the ship on which she embarks is to have a white sail; if she refuses, a black.

Again you're mirrored in lake shadow,a white sail flaking on its turquoisewavelets, kept awake by traffic noisealong the Gardesana... and you know that this beauty's unbearable as beforeeven if seen from its opposite shore.

Manhattan waterfront location inspires billowing white sail-like forms in glass.

Canada Place, with its white sail-like roof, was built as the Canada Pavilion for Expo 86, a nearly six-month-long world's fair that celebrated Vancouver's centennial in 1986 and to which more than 22 million visits were made.

Frank Gehry's IAC building was a shot of glamour for West Chelsea when it was built in 2007, an almost ethereal assemblage of white, sail-like forms at 18th Street and the West Side Highway.

And what can white sails mean?

Utzon's white sails draw about 8m visitors a year.