How to Use smooth sailing in a Sentence

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• Not that the last year or more were smooth sailing.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
• The trip won’t be smooth sailing, though.
  — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• Of course, those years weren't all smooth sailing.
  — Alex Harring,nick Wells, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
• Rub a dry bar of soap along the teeth, and voilà—smooth sailing.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2025
• None of that means Democrats can count on smooth sailing ahead.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Go with the flow to ensure smooth sailing.
  — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 7 Nov. 2025
• That way, your morning of the cruise is smooth sailing.
  — Terri Peters, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
• But things weren't always smooth sailing for the pair.
  — Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• There were, of course, clear signs this was not going to be smooth sailing.
  — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
• Once the theme crystallizes for you, the rest is smooth sailing.
  — Deb Amlen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• Even getting a pilot in place wasn’t smooth sailing.
  — Idaho Statesman, 4 Dec. 2025
• Hitting rocky waters first in order to achieve smooth sailing is the way to go!
  — Rachel Gordillo, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• The ship’s crew, though, aren’t expecting just smooth sailing.
  — Velvet Wu july 26, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
• This vacation is going to be smooth sailing from here on out with these two!
  — Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
• The sale of the land and property hasn’t been smooth sailing for the father of four.
  — Moná Thomas, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
• The time to strike is now when the weathervane points towards smooth sailing.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
• Not everything has been smooth sailing since the other guy left.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• Still, this season hasn’t been all smooth sailing for the Ingots.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
• Still, the milestone doesn’t mean smooth sailing for Apple from here.
  — Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• But don’t expect the smooth sailing to last forever.
  — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
• Travel hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing this year.
  — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
• These lovebirds were the first to get engaged in the pods, and their journey has been (mostly) smooth sailing.
  — Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
• But the campaign hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing for Labour.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 2 June 2024
• Schuyler’s poems are the ultimate smooth sailing.
  — Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
• But that doesn't mean that everything will be smooth sailing on the big day in November.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2024
• There is no obvious route back to smooth sailing for the Premier League from here.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• Ineos's business journey hasn't been smooth sailing.
  — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
• Of course, things are rarely smooth sailing in the world of restaurants and hospitality.
  — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Our Flag means freedom—and freedom is the opposite of smooth sailing.
  — TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
• The expectation by producers was that the fall would be smooth sailing.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023