1
: an act or instance of traveling : journey
2
: a course or period of traveling by other than land routes
a long sea voyage
3
: an account of a journey especially by sea
Synonyms
Examples of voyage in a Sentence
Noun
The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
He wrote about his many voyages into the South Seas.
a manned voyage to Mars
Verb
They voyaged to distant lands.
He spent his youth voyaging around the globe.
Recent Examples on the Web
Lea Skene, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
In his first stage role, at 9, Mr. Carter played the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama on a voyage of discovery.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Those will be followed by a two-week transatlantic voyage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Oct. 22, 2025.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Going forward, Princess will schedule its new inaugural voyage for the Star Princess on Oct. 4, 2025, sailing an 11-day route along the Mediterranean roundtrip from Barcelona.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2024
Paul Brown recounts the Snowdrop’s voyage vividly, leaning on the written and verbal records from her crew, most of whom would not return to Scotland for 18 months—after their little ship hits an iceberg and sinks.
—Longreads, 19 Apr. 2024
The full-displacement 197-footer is also outfitted for transoceanic voyages, with a plush interior ensuring comfort on long stints at sea and a ton of amenities providing endless entertainment on the water.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
At two-thirty the next morning, Donnelly set out again for Manly alone, to kayak under a full moon—one of his last voyages, because a week and a half later forty-mile-an-hour winds blew the lake two miles north.
—Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Guam saying that her three uncles had not returned from their voyage.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
Earlier this month, the ship traveled through the Panama Canal to Newark, New Jersey, before voyaging to Norfolk, Virginia, and finally reaching the Port of Baltimore, the listings said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Originally spread east from New Guinea throughout the Pacific islands by voyaging people, breadfruit has a place in Pacific diets, including in Hawaii.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
The strobe effect as the characters voyage into Hollow Earth is a very cool moment in both of Adam’s MonsterVerse films.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
The first at-capacity weeklong Caribbean voyages out of Miami aren’t expected until summer, according to Michael Bayley, Royal Caribbean president and CEO; for now, the ship will sail at around 80% capacity, a typical ramp-up for new vessels.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2024
He was hired in 1831 as a naturalist aboard the ship and voyaged around South America and the surrounding islands, including the Galápagos, to study and collect plants and animals.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
They are thought to have been hewn between the 12th and 17th centuries, after Polynesians voyaged to the middle of the earth’s largest ocean in search of new lands, came upon a fertile, unpopulated island, and settled there.
—Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
Some companies shipping goods on the crucial trade lane are starting to chafe at the rising prices and extra fees that ocean carriers are imposing for the higher cost of routing containerships on longer voyages around the Horn of Africa following drone and missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
Noun
In their filing Monday, attorneys for the city accused them of negligence, arguing the companies should have realized the Dali was unfit for its voyage and manned the ship with a competent crew, among other issues.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
In his first stage role, at 9, Mr. Carter played the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama on a voyage of discovery.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Those will be followed by a two-week transatlantic voyage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Oct. 22, 2025.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Going forward, Princess will schedule its new inaugural voyage for the Star Princess on Oct. 4, 2025, sailing an 11-day route along the Mediterranean roundtrip from Barcelona.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2024
Paul Brown recounts the Snowdrop’s voyage vividly, leaning on the written and verbal records from her crew, most of whom would not return to Scotland for 18 months—after their little ship hits an iceberg and sinks.
—Longreads, 19 Apr. 2024
The full-displacement 197-footer is also outfitted for transoceanic voyages, with a plush interior ensuring comfort on long stints at sea and a ton of amenities providing endless entertainment on the water.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
At two-thirty the next morning, Donnelly set out again for Manly alone, to kayak under a full moon—one of his last voyages, because a week and a half later forty-mile-an-hour winds blew the lake two miles north.
—Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Guam saying that her three uncles had not returned from their voyage.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Verb
Robb Report’s marine editor Michael Verdon voyaged to the North Pole on Ponant’s luxury icebreaker last year, in fact.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
Earlier this month, the ship traveled through the Panama Canal to Newark, New Jersey, before voyaging to Norfolk, Virginia, and finally reaching the Port of Baltimore, the listings said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Originally spread east from New Guinea throughout the Pacific islands by voyaging people, breadfruit has a place in Pacific diets, including in Hawaii.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
The strobe effect as the characters voyage into Hollow Earth is a very cool moment in both of Adam’s MonsterVerse films.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
The first at-capacity weeklong Caribbean voyages out of Miami aren’t expected until summer, according to Michael Bayley, Royal Caribbean president and CEO; for now, the ship will sail at around 80% capacity, a typical ramp-up for new vessels.
—David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2024
He was hired in 1831 as a naturalist aboard the ship and voyaged around South America and the surrounding islands, including the Galápagos, to study and collect plants and animals.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
They are thought to have been hewn between the 12th and 17th centuries, after Polynesians voyaged to the middle of the earth’s largest ocean in search of new lands, came upon a fertile, unpopulated island, and settled there.
—Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
Some companies shipping goods on the crucial trade lane are starting to chafe at the rising prices and extra fees that ocean carriers are imposing for the higher cost of routing containerships on longer voyages around the Horn of Africa following drone and missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voyage. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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