Noun
Wind filled the sails and our journey had begun.
raising and lowering the ship's sails
a sail to San Francisco Verb
We'll sail along the coast.
He sailed around the world on a luxury liner.
She sailed the Atlantic coastline.
She's sailing a boat in tomorrow's race.
The ship was sailed by a crew of 8.
I've been sailing since I was a child.
a ship that has sailed the seven seas
We sat on the shore watching boats sail by.
We sail at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
They sail for San Francisco next week.
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Noun
The Yankees responded with a Giancarlo Stanton two-out single in the bottom of the first inning, but the Blue Jays took the wind out of any Yankees sails in the top of the third.—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 The American Revolution was a world war fought in the age of sail.—Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Most sail from Florida and visit the Bahamas, according to Duckworth.—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 For now, the fleet continues to sail across the Atlantic, chasing two of nature’s most powerful forces, wind and water, at their fiercest.—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sail
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English segl; akin to Old High German segal sail
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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