1
: an act or instance of traveling : journey
2
: a course or period of traveling by other than land routes
a long sea voyage
3
: an account of a journey especially by sea
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Examples of voyage in a Sentence
Noun
The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
He wrote about his many voyages into the South Seas.
a manned voyage to Mars
Verb
They voyaged to distant lands.
He spent his youth voyaging around the globe.
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Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
The company’s new cruise ship, the Disney Treasure, had its maiden voyage in December.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
One of the outbreaks this year, on Silversea Cruises' Silver Ray voyage in January, was caused by E. coli, the CDC said.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
The company’s new cruise ship, the Disney Treasure, had its maiden voyage in December.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
Just as the ancient Egyptians moved southward to expand their empires and Polynesians voyaged into uncharted waters, today’s leaders must navigate uncertainty and complexity.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voyage. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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