sail into

phrase

: to attack vigorously or sharply

sailed into me for being late

Examples of sail into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the rounds fired by LAPD officers in the confrontation sailed into the grocery store and killed Corado. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

If a boat sailing into the sunset doesn’t say vacation, nothing does. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026

But the delay meant the ship was sailing into less favorable wind and rougher fall seas, and provisions had already begun to dwindle after two false-start crossings. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is no billionaire's playground. — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for sail into

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue