set sail

phrase

: to start out on a course

especially : to begin a voyage

set sail for Bermuda

Examples of set sail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On this day in 1872, a cargo ship named the Mary Celeste set sail from New York City. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2026

Dream runs aground The ship set sail from Belfast in October 2024, but not before a series of delays that cost the company millions of pounds and left passengers stuck for months. — Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 1 Nov. 2026

AmaWaterways AmaNubia will also set sail on the Nile in November. — Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026

The ship first set sail from Belfast, Northern Ireland, in October 2024, on what was supposed to be a 3 1/2-year journey around the world. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for set sail

• airmail
• assail
• avail
• bewail
• blackmail
• cattail
• cocktail
• curtail
• derail
• detail
• dovetail
• email