Examples of 'sailed back' in a sentence

Meaning of "sailed back"

This phrase is used to describe the action of a ship or boat returning to its starting point or previous location after sailing away. It can also be used metaphorically to mean going back or returning to a previous situation or place

How to use "sailed back" in a sentence

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sailed back
It then sailed back the next day.
And it showed on their faces when they sailed back into port this week.
Dad sailed back into our lives.
Then the ships sailed back home.
And sailed back over a year.
We got on the boat and sailed back to the mainland.
They sailed back at the end of this year.
She sank while being sailed back to Spain.
The force sailed back to the mainland without a victory.
The happy fishermen sailed back to Póvoa.
And sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks.
He continued exploring and eventually sailed back to Mexico.
We quickly sailed back to the mainland.
An agreement was reached and the ship sailed back to India.
So they sailed back together.

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Lysander and his victorious fleet sailed back to Lampsacus.
Until she sailed back to her husband and took the child with her.
In that same month they safely sailed back to England.
Eventually they sailed back to their home where they told everyone of their discovery.
Hannah left the convoy and sailed back towards Malta.
Columbus sailed back to America three more times.
He befriended its native inhabitants and sailed back to the African coast.
They sailed back to France just last month.
I flew over to join them and sailed back to England with them.
She sailed back to the UK using her starboard engine.
Hornigold made it his personal ship and sailed back to Nassau to resupply.
Pauline sailed back to France with his body.
The defeated Ottomans retreated to their ships and sailed back to their bases.
They sailed back.
The demoralised and unpaid Norman army returned to the coast and sailed back to Italy.
Aemilius then sailed back to Italy with his army.
In Cornwall she was loaded with passengers who then sailed back to Canada.
The cutter sailed back to England the same evening.
Tibbot na Long declined and sailed back to Galway.
They sailed back and spent the third winter in Straumsfjord.
In the afternoon we sailed back to Apollo Bay.
Kupe sailed back to Hawaiki and never came back to the land he discovered.
He also says that Laertes has secretly sailed back from France.
Trinidad was sailed back to Ternate where her sails and rigging were removed.
The HMHS Letitia picked up all the survivors and sailed back to safety.
Ribaut then sailed back to France to acquire more ships and supplies.
Then another British captain kidnapped him took a ship to Newfoundland he sailed back to England.
He seems to have sailed back to Tahiti at least once before his final departure.
Both the Libyan coastguard vessel and the wooden boat sailed back to Tripoli.
Brignoli sailed back to Europe the same day to complete his engagements in England.
In August they sailed back to Safia.
Cão sailed back to Portugal carrying a party of Kongo emissaries.
From there they sailed back to New Zealand.
She sailed back across the Atlantic and into the Caribbean Sea.
Humphrey Gilbert sailed back to England.

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Examples of using Sailed
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