Sail has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. | |
| 2. | "I fled, 'tis true, and saved my life by flight, / bursting my bonds in frenzy of despair, / and hidden in a marish lay that night, / waiting till they should sail, if sail, perchance, they might." | |
| 3. | The sail tightened in the strong wind. | |
| 4. | We began to sail in the direction of the port. | |
| 5. | Sail along the coast. | |
| 6. | Clouds sail across the sky. | |
| 7. | The ship will set sail for Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 p.m. | |
| 8. | The ship will set sail at noon. | |
| 9. | The ship set sail only to sink two days later. | |
| 10. | The ship is about to set sail. |