Example sentences for: circumnavigate

How can you use “circumnavigate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Between 1519 and 1522 another Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.

  • The first lady arrived, dressed in a pale but intense yellow suit, and proceeded to circumnavigate the room and greet everyone.

  • Anheuser-Busch, hearkening back to the aviation prizes of the '20s, has ponied up $1 million for the first person to circumnavigate by 1999 (half for the balloonist, half for the charity of his choice).

  • "Phil Knight, CEO of Nike, forced by inclement weather to abandon his attempt to become the first man to circumnavigate the globe riding on the back of an 11-year-old Indonesian girl."


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