- present participle of sail.
sailing
Example Sentences
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President Lee Jae Myung hailed the successful voyage, saying it "shortened the one-way sailing time by 10 days compared with the conventional route via the Suez Canal".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
According to the available information, one vessel was carrying wheat and heading south, while the other -- which sank -- was sailing north, Radev said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
We got lost once, and our entourage received several perplexed glances from workers, but otherwise it was smooth sailing.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The fort’s new governor, Stephen Hendrik de la Sablonière, and his wife, Beata—Nieuwenhuijsen’s ancestors—arrived in early 1769 after a 78-day sailing voyage when Eleonora was 12.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Nate pictured a boy standing on the deck of a big sailing ship.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
