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Sentence Examples After finally loading up the ship with enough equipment to haul in a school of Chilean sea bass we set sail. On his return, he joined Shackleton and immediately set sail once more for the Antarctic. After moving men and dunnage to the two ships, it seemed almost at the moment he was about to give the order to set sail, they were becalmed. We were a tight-knit group of three once the boat had set sail, and we were in a large dining area. Two days and an enormous amount of Turkish money later, I, along with five New Zealanders and an Aussie, set sail. The creaking of the heavy canvas above her as the crew began to set sail brought her back to the present with a jump. We were waiting to pull up the anchor and, preparing to set sail, hoping to find land once again. But as word got round, the modest flotilla grew into an armada that will set sail from Holyhead tomorrow morning. In 1958, they set sail with the intention of sailing around the world, writing articles as they went. The world's last ocean-going paddle steamer set sail again just hours after it was feared her hull had been damaged off the Mull of Kintrye. With great difficulty, we pulled up the anchor and set sail towards the sea. The book ends where most others would begin, as the forces set sail for Troy. The ship set sail under Robert Falcon Scott on his famous voyage of discovery to the Antarctic. Several passengers left the boat before it set sail, so concerned were they about its instability. You are about to set sail on a voyage that is very exciting and full of adventure. The supertankers filled to the brim with crude set sail without the captain having the slightest idea of its final destination. Racing to the third bend James Fancy got into a challenging position along the rails and quickly set sail for home. After four months of intense training, Pak, Malcom and 118 partisans boarded four junks and set sail for the mainland. Aeneas and a few other Trojan men escaped the city and set sail for a new land where they hoped to build a new Troy. Having heard that Crete was abandoned by its native ruler, the Trojans set sail. Show More Sentences Marcus just e-mailed me to say that the container holding all our worldly possessions is scheduled to set sail for Trinidad on February 9th. She could see the moonlit water outside her porthole and hear the footsteps and orders called on the deck as the ship was preparing to set sail. Cheered on by a flotilla of 30 modern boats, they set sail across the Atlantic on a voyage expected to last up to five months. An international fleet of tall ships set sail from Halifax on Monday, leaving behind a bulging treasure chest of tourism booty. The sky looked gray and stormy as the company loaded the ship and they began to set sail. Some other yachts were forced to divert and set sail for Maldives and Galle due to stormy weather. She said the boat's captain was ill so Ramdhanie, eager to steer the boat, had set sail with a two-man crew. When all the conditions are meet, and there is perhaps a favourable wind, or a tailwind, then set sail. The Delphin, which docked in Cape Town yesterday, will set sail from Port Elizabeth and spend a day here before her onward journey to Durban. The Hornet set sail and made way for the launch point Southeast of Japan's coast line. I set sail with the Navy Seals and, let me tell you, they made a man out of me. When Darwin set sail on the Beagle in 1831, he was taken along primarily as a companion for the captain, Robert Fitzroy, who feared growing lonely and melancholy. The Viking museum in Roskilde has recently completed an exact replica of an 11 th century Irish built longship which will soon set sail to Ireland. As the ship is about to set sail, he is caught trying to break ship. The country set sail in the early fifteenth century and never looked back, its explorers and navigators opening up lucrative trade routes to Africa and India. A command post was established and the ship set sail from Townsville Port. It was from here that Captain James Cook, a local lad, set sail around the globe, inflaming every schoolboy's passion for adventure with his daring exploits. In 1519 Magellan set sail from here to circumnavigate the globe. James, who grew up in a house on Church Street, Bollington, set sail from Plymouth to Brisbane in search of a better life after hearing glowing reports of life Down Under. Some 7,000 Confederates set sail for Brazil in the aftermath of the American Civil War, settling in a city called Americana. Show More Sentences Strange looking ships set sail from ports to vanish over the horizon, unfettered by the lethal and unnavigable reefs that so restrained the Hub ports. In this way the ships captain kept a tight rein on his men and when the ship set sail it was with a suitably chastened crew, or so the Captain thought. A ship is anchored and ready to set sail for England on my command. Still, by the time Wonka and his guests set sail, the fact that their ship is a Viking longboat carved from a big boiled sweet seems almost mundane. Looking forward to a few days sailing his yacht, moored off the island of Phuket, Crasnianski set sail into the Straits of Malacca on Christmas Day. In 1839, the Spanish slave ship Amistad set sail from Havana, Cuba, to the Island of Principe with 53 Africans aboard including Joseph Cinque, an African prince. These brownstone schooners, or brownstoners, were shallow draft vessels that were towed by steamboat down the river to Long Island Sound where they set sail. In a moment, the ship set sail on its return voyage, fading into the glints of sunlight reflecting of the salty bay with a mission to return next summer. The first two ships to set sail are just days away from British waters. They will be joined later this week by 800 Royal Marines on the new helicopter assault ship Ocean, which has set sail with a flotilla of three support ships and a frigate. After a five-year apprenticeship in a small grocer's shop he set sail for Columbia in November 1841, but was shipwrecked off the coast of Holland. Could she set sail again and raise her black flag, if only in our dreams? I understand though that there was a certain amount of furtiveness or subterfuge involved in getting this Aboriginal cricket team out of the country to set sail for England. A newly-built cargo vessel towed by the innovative wind propulsion of the Hamburg-based company SkySails has set sail from Germany for Venezuela. In 1787 the First Fleet set sail, carrying the first shipment of convicts to the colony. In the summer of 1015, Cnut's fleet set sail for England with a Danish army of perhaps 10,000 in 200 longships. The Norman fleet finally set sail two days later, landing in England at Pevensey Bay on 28 September. After this major setback, he set sail again on 13 December aboard Pelican with four other ships and 164 men. On 28 May 1588, the Armada set sail from Lisbon and headed for the English Channel. On the day the Armada set sail, Elizabeth's ambassador in the Netherlands, Valentine Dale, met Parma's representatives in peace negotiations. Show More Sentences Declining the post, he returned to his regiment, now at Southampton preparing to set sail for the West Indies. Wellesley was promoted full colonel by seniority on 3 May 1796 and a few weeks later set sail for Calcutta with his regiment. In 1699 Liverpool was made a parish by Act of Parliament, that same year its first slave ship, Liverpool Merchant, set sail for Africa. Vikings set sail from Greenland and Iceland, discovering North America nearly 500 years before Columbus reached the Caribbean islands. An invasion force set sail in 1719 with two frigates to land in Scotland to raise the clans. From the summer of 1940 a small but steady stream of warships and armed merchant raiders set sail from Germany for the Atlantic. On 18 June 1824 Robert had set sail on the Sir William Congreve from Liverpool for Colombia with a contract for three years. In 1813 Uville set sail again for England and, having fallen ill on the way, broke his journey via Jamaica. In June 1888, Stevenson chartered the yacht Casco and set sail with his family from San Francisco. He almost immediately set sail for England to urge Edward II for reinforcements. Rule set sail, taking with him a kneecap, an upper arm bone, three fingers and a tooth. Hubert de Burgh, Henry's justiciar, set sail to intercept it, resulting in the Battle of Sandwich. After the ship set sail Dionysus invoked his divine powers, causing vines to overgrow the ship where the mast and sails had been. The envoys boarded three treasure ships and set sail from Sumatra to the port of Aden. He attempted to set sail on 20 February with 152 merchantmen, but was held back for three days by high winds and rough seas. On 24 February Tromp finally set sail, entering the area off Portland four days later where he spotted Blake's fleet attempting to cut them off. On 30 March 1191, the French set sail for the Holy Land and Philip arrived on 20 May. By 13 March Richard had returned to England, and by 12 May he had set sail for Normandy with some 300 ships, eager to engage Philip in war. When Villeneuve set sail from Ferrol on 10 August, he was under orders from Napoleon to sail northward toward Brest. On July 5, 1610, John Guy set sail from Bristol, England with 39 other colonists for Cuper's Cove. Show More Sentences After spending more than a week in Portugal, and paying his respects to Eleanor of Viseu, Columbus again set sail for Spain. Eager to set sail for home, he ignored the local knowledge of monsoon wind patterns that were still blowing onshore. Organising the expedition on his own account he set sail from Gades and began to work down the African coast. The second division, consisting of one nau and one round caravel, set sail for the port of Sofala in what is today Mozambique. Pilots were recruited at Malindi for the last leg to India and the fleet set sail. Olaf was three years old when they set sail on a merchant ship for Novgorod. The British fleet was ordered to return home, and set sail from Gibraltar to Portsmouth in late September. This is even confirmed by Orosius himself who states that he was pursued onto the beach from which he set sail. When the next armada arrived, it would simply load up the accumulated spices from the warehouse and set sail out at once. Afonso de Albuquerque set sail in April 1511 from Goa to Malacca with a force of 1,200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. In 1147, George set sail from Otranto with seventy galleys to attack Corfu. It is believed that when Lancelotto Malocello set sail from Genoa in 1312, he did so in order to search for Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi. It is also known that Chinese trade ships traveling to Japan set sail from the various ports along the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. Cadamosto, Usodimare and the unnamed Portuguese captain set sail back to Portugal. It is most famous for being the place from which Columbus set sail in 1492, eventually reaching America. Ojeda set sail from Spain in January 1502 and he followed the same route as his first voyage. The main flotilla finally set sail from Santo Domingo on 10 November 1509, a few days ahead of Nicuesa. With his remaining six crewmen, Dias set sail back to Portugal, hoping to catch Cabral's armada on the return journey. In April 1511, Alfonso de Albuquerque set sail from Goa to Malacca with a force of some 1200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. On June 14 they set sail again looking for a chain of islands in the west that had been described by their captives. Show More Sentences Within months, four ships set sail due west for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, but a violent storm and rough seas caused the loss of two ships. Repairs were completed in the final weeks of 1523, and they set sail again. On April 20, 1534, Cartier set sail under a commission from the king, hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of Asia. Jacques Cartier set sail for a second voyage on May 19 of the following year with three ships, 110 men, and his two Iroquoian captives. The Dutch took this opportunity to extinguish the fire and set sail with the foresail, the only sail remaining, and with a skeleton crew. Landing a job on a cruise ship could help you set sail for the Caribbean or the Med with a pay cheque when you arrive. Indeed, the Reds were almost shipwrecked before their ship really set sail, as Gomel produced enough to have put the tie beyond reach. The first floating Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant and 5 O'Clock Somewhere Bar will set sail this fall onboard Norwegian Cruise Line's new Norwegian Escape. On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later. Urdaneta set sail from San Miguel on the island of Cebu on June 1, 1565, but was obliged to sail as far as 38 degrees North latitude to obtain favourable winds. After a week in Portugal, he set sail for Spain and on 15 March 1493 arrived in Barcelona, where he reported to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Farloe Scobby had set sail for home off the second bend, but old rival Bell Sensation had turned in his slipstream and started to reduce the deficit. Ben Ainslie and the Yngling women set sail at Qingdao and in the boxing ring, James DeGale will hope to offer some good news after the Frankie Gavin debacle. On 31 December 1687 the first organised group of Huguenots set sail from the Netherlands to the Dutch East India Company post at the Cape of Good Hope. Greedy for gold, Alvarado had set sail for the south without the crown's authorization, landed on the Ecuadorian coast, and marched inland to the Sierra. He then set sail north for the San Juan River, arriving to find Pizarro and his men exhausted from the difficulties they had faced exploring the new territory. Until 1593, two or more ships would set sail annually from each port. In 1501 Fernandes set sail for discovery of lands in the name of England. In early July the huge French force under the command of Admiral Claude d'Annebault set sail for England and entered the Solent unopposed with 128 ships on 16 July. This city was Kochi and the fleet set sail, reaching it on 24 December. Show More Sentences After spending more than a week in Portugal, he set sail for Spain. They set sail from Liverpool to Vancouver arriving in January 1903, but although his companions were able to find work, Welsh struggled to hold down any steady jobs. Meanwhile, a small band led by Balliol had set sail from the Humber. In June 1794, Wellesley with the 33rd regiment set sail from Cork bound for Ostend as part of an expedition bringing reinforcements for the army in Flanders. Anxious to secure his bride, Henry recruited mercenaries formerly in French service to supplement his following of exiles and set sail from France on 1 August. Confident that many magnates and even many of Richard's officers would join him, Henry set sail from Harfleur on 1 August 1485, with a force of exiles and French mercenaries. In February 1217, Louis set sail for France to gather reinforcements. To relieve Harfleur, Henry sent his brother, John of Lancaster, the Duke of Bedford, who raised a fleet and set sail from Beachy Head on 14 August. George and his brother William had already turned their back on Cromwellian England, caught a ship at Bristol and set sail for a new life in the New World. After Gort's announcement pleasure craft, yachts, trawlers, tugs, fishing boats, motor boats, barges, lifeboats, draggers, river ferries and even cockleboats all set sail. Examples from Classical Literature The conquistador nearly always risked much of his own before he set sail from his native land. When that was done, Alfaro embarked in them with thirty musqueteers, and set sail towards Guavra. After loading our vessel with the above articles, we set sail for Bremen, a town in Germany, on the river Weser. Nearly a hundred souls were in her, all told, when we set sail from Falmouth. He set sail again, but was driven ashore on the Island of Formosa and never reached Tonkin. He immediately set sail for the Shetland Islands, where he could mature his plans without interference. The shipmaster weighed his anchor and set sail with those whom he had on board. When we have gathered in all the pearls we will set sail for South America. We set sail in the evening, and came to claver Rack, sixteen miles further down, where we also took in some grain in the evening. The ship had set sail from a neighbouring state and experienced trouble 10 nautical miles west of the entrance of Khor in Sharjah. Three days after the ships had set sail the pinta lost her rudder. At last they set sail for Savona, the place of their assignation. On August 22, 1567, he set sail from the mouth of the Charente. In about a month the fleet set sail, carrying four regiments from New England and New York, besides the English soldiers. I got her some beautiful dresses, and after having married her, we embarked and set sail. So although the heart of Deirdre was sad and heavy with foreboding of evil, they set sail for the land of Erin. There they found a brig ready to set sail, upon the deck of which they recognized Mordaunt walking up and down impatiently. We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage was at first very prosperous. The vessel was at Barry Waterfront on Saturday for an open day, hosted by the Tall Ships Youth Trust, before it set sail for Liverpool. They set sail for the Mauritius, and arrived on the 5th of September. Show More Sentences Some weeks after, the commodore set sail in this impregnable craft for Valparaiso. And as they set sail he asked how many men the sons of USNA had with them. It was great to see the Voyager set sail because I was involved in the planning and building of this great vessel. On the 23d of July, the fleet set sail from the harbor of Townsend. He sold all his flock, invested it in a cargo of dates, and set sail. The first annual Pilar Regatta will set sail from Key West, Fla. We set sail with the first favourable wind, and after a long voyage upon the open seas we landed upon an unknown island which proved to be uninhabited. You are indeed wonderfully like him about the head and eyes, for we were close friends before he set sail for Troy where the flower of all the Argives went also. Find more words! 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