How to Use set sail in a Sentence

set sail

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• Moana sneaks away and sets sail, with the ocean guiding her at every step.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
• The Icon setting sail marked a new era for Royal Caribbean, starting a new class of ships for the cruise lines named after the one that started it all.
  — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
• Reports suggest that the world’s first 16-megawatt tension-leg platform (TLP) floating offshore wind turbine has set sail.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
• The musical set sail for Broadway earlier this year, with Grande and cast members Jim Parsons and Deborah Cox in tow.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady set sail on July 5 and will finish its voyage in Italy on July 15.
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026
• Catherine Lagaʻaia is the empowering teen wayfinder who sets sail with shapeshifting demigod Maui (played by Dwayne Johnson, embracing his inner Fabio) to save her people.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
• LuPone is scheduled to perform on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady, which sets sail on July 5 through July 15.
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• The outbreak on the Ruby Princess, which set sail on June 12, was reported to the CDC on Saturday, officials said, adding that not all the infected people were sick at the same time or when the ship arrived or left port.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026