set sail

Example Sentences

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The intrepid pair will then set sail for the Netherlands, then on to Norway.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The Mentor had set sail from New Bedford, Mass., the whaling capital of the United States, in July 1831, with a complement of 21 men led by Capt. Edward Barnard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The MV Hondius cruise ship, where a hantavirus outbreak on board killed three people and triggered a global health scare, set sail from the city at Argentina's southernmost tip on April 1.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Three infected people died on the cruise ship that set sail from Ushuaia in the southern Argentine Tierra del Fuego province on April 1.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Then one day, he set sail across the Atlantic on some important journey, and he never came back.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan