Example sentences for: sailing

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

  • It's a bad idea to spend all your leisure time playing golf; you'll probably be happier if you occasionally watch movies or go sailing or talk to your children.

  • At the corner of St James's Place and St James's Street was the map store owned by Sir Francis Chichester, of single-handed sailing fame; across St Jame's Street was-- still is--Boodle's, a club for the gentry; round the corner was the famous French restaurant, Prunelle's.

  • Columbus claimed the island and others in the Bahamas for his royal Spanish patrons, but not finding the gold and other riches he was seeking, he stayed for only two weeks before sailing towards Cuba.

  • Wish fulfillment is seen in the midst of California's Death Valley, where sidings were given such coolsounding names as Klondike and Siberia . These exotic names also provided opportunities for playful statements like, “We're really sailing today.

  • This year he moved to a progressive school, and he is sailing along without problems.


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