How to Use sailor in a Sentence

sailor

noun

• He worked as a sailor on a cargo ship.
• Trying to avoid one would put the sailors in reach of the other.
  — Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 22 Mar. 2023
• And the prosecutor on the case against the White sailor?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• With a name coined by the US Navy, these beans have been a sailor staple since the mid-1800s.
  — Cate Geiger Kalus, Country Living, 8 Aug. 2022
• And by-the-wind sailors live up to their nickname: where the winds go, so do velellas.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 May 2023
• The sailor’s arms function as hands and point to the time, though the rest of the yacht functions as usual.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2024
• The sailor and miner symbolizes the workers in the state.
  — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
• Per the outlet, the sailors, aged between 28 and 64, are said to be unharmed.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• One of the Wager’s castaways was named John Duck, who was a free black sailor at the time.
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Because the cards are for sailors, or people like that.
  — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• The gunman shot a Navy sailor who tried to stop him, but the wounded sailor fought back.
  — Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
• The surprised sailors found the Mary Celeste abandoned.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• Two more sailors come by, and the people decline their help each time.
  — Amy Pedulla, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
• Now, the sailor has nothing but bad choices ahead of him.
  — Rima Abdelkader, NBC News, 1 July 2024
• As the sailors leap about the stage, one of them gets flirty with Lenny, drawing him into the dance.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023
• The early morning attack claimed the lives of 1,177 sailors and Marines on the Arizona.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
• In 2019, the Navy named a fuel ship after Milk, who had served as a sailor in San Diego.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
• Many first time sailors will find how soothing sleeping is on the ship.
  — James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
• One of the sailors had adopted a Polynesian dog known as a kurī.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• Asked about the issue, a Navy spokesman said there were no current plans to make amends to sailors who were forced out of the course.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• There, he got married and soon resumed his work as a sailor.
  — Erica Westly, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
• The Bermuda petrel was hunted by Spanish sailors for food and last seen in the 1620s.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
• The fire killed 134 sailors and injured hundreds of others.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
• As a young boy, Aikau discovered a love of the ocean that would guide his life as a surfer, lifeguard, and sailor.
  — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• For at least one sailor’s family, the years have done little to heal wounds.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Behind the Name also notes that Saint Elmo is the patron saint of sailors.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 23 Mar. 2023
• In the crowd jostling around them, the women wore peasant skirts and striped sailors’ tops, and none of the men, apart from these two, were wearing ties.
  — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
• The Spanish coast guard called in a helicopter and sea cruiser to rescue the sailors.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023
• The sailors Teams at all skill levels have entered the race, which draws competitors from around the world.
  — Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
• My career goals have always been to become a better sailor.
  — Rachel Ingram, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024