"sail" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They were going to tow the ship, not west toward the strange sail, but north in an attempt to get ahead of her.
- What mattered now was whether or not the bearing of this strange sail remained the same.
- Agamemnon was 56 miles north of Barbados when she saw two strange sails.
- Sent to investigate a strange sail, she made little headway in the light winds.
- On 5 November, she encountered a strange sail ahead steering a perpendicular course.
- "We must meet every strange sail ready for action."
- "I was concerned first with identifying the strange sail, and having done that, taking the appropriate steps to meet her."
- At 4 pm a strange sail was seen approaching the bay, flying the Danish flag.
- The next morning, 20 October 1805, a strange sail was reported off the entrance to the harbour.
- In wartime every strange sail could be an enemy.
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