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Example sentences for "navigate"

Lexicographically close words:
navicular; navie; navies; navigability; navigable; navigated; navigates; navigateurs; navigating; navigation
  1. He (Ryan) and Foster would have had no objection to ridding themselves of him, were either one of them able to navigate the ship as far as the Philippine Islands.

  2. Only that we want him badly to navigate the ship, it would be best for us if he does die--for two reasons.

  3. We took counsel, and resolved to navigate along the coast of this continent towards the east, and never to lose sight of the land.

  4. However, if this map becomes incorrect, due to changes of the magnetic field, they could navigate in a wrong direction, including landing on ocean shores.

  5. The whale The whale can navigate at thousands of kilometers of open see and return to its start point.

  6. Twelfth: The Chinese will navigate the seas to the Yndias of Peru and Nueva EspaƱa; and their relations with us will be more settled and confirmed.

  7. He could navigate a vessel, and, of course, he could read and write.

  8. Sanders proved a good navigator, and from him, before we arrived at Barbadoes, I gained all the knowledge which I required to enable me to command and navigate my vessel.

  9. To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.

  10. Islands that it appeared to me impossible to navigate it with safety.

  11. Clear Stream, it's bed so much broken and obstructed by gravley bars and it's waters so much subdivided by Islands that it appears to me utterly impossible to navigate it with safety.

  12. Vehemently transported with desire to navigate that sea, he fell upon his knees and implored the divine assistance that he might at some time sail thither and make a perfect discovery of the same.

  13. They answered, that they would fetch them back dead or alive, yet would be loth to kill them, lest we might want hands to navigate the ship back to England.

  14. I translated this, to show in what subjection the Portuguese keep all the natives of these countries, as without such a pass they are not suffered to navigate these seas, under penalty of losing their lives, ships, and goods.

  15. On the way, they told me that our fugitives had given out at Nangasaki that more of our people would follow them, as none of any account would stay to navigate the ship home, because their officers used them more like dogs than men.

  16. These rapids are so named on account of the number of persons who have been lost in attempting to navigate them.

  17. No donkeys ever existed that were as hard to navigate as these, I think, or that had so many vile, exasperating instincts.

  18. The timbers used in the construction of Solomon's Temple were floated to Jaffa in rafts, and the narrow opening in the reef through which they passed to the shore is not an inch wider or a shade less dangerous to navigate than it was then.

  19. It really requires but little skill to navigate rapids, for it is the current itself that does all the work.

  20. His companions acknowledged their error, asked pardon for doubting his infallibility, and promised never again to question his ability to navigate a vessel to any part of the globe.

  21. The natives who navigate these waters have quite a reputation as efficient mariners; but they do not compare favorably with either American or European sailors in this respect.

  22. The men are sought for by sea-captains who navigate these waters, being as a rule excellent seamen, prompt and obedient.

  23. No pilot will take the Glarus out; no captain will navigate her; no stoker will feed her fires; no sailor will walk her decks.

  24. It is still there, and that is why no pilot will take the Glarus out, no captain will navigate her, no stoker feed her fires, no sailor walk her decks.

  25. Harger (1970) concluded that bears could navigate by some means, as yet undetermined.

  26. The ability of wolves to orient and navigate even in unfamiliar surroundings was demonstrated dramatically by the separation of Wolf No.

  27. And we are the first white men to navigate its waters," remarked the colonel solemnly.

  28. Guy admitted that he, too, was beginning to grow sleepy, and as Forbes and Canaris alone professed to be as fresh as ever, it was decided that they should navigate the canoe for a time and allow the others an opportunity to rest.

  29. They are accustomed to navigate in their commercial vessels: their lives are almost spent in boats, and no better crews could be got for the defence of their own island than they would prove themselves to be.

  30. To large ships, if constructed in moderation and applied to special purposes, he was not averse; but he set a far higher value upon small and well-armed vessels, able to pass rapidly from place to place and to navigate shallow seas.

  31. They generally drag them ashore every night, at the mouths of rivers and creeks, among which they always navigate without going into the open sea or leaving the shore.

  32. The natives navigate the lake, and commonly cross it in their skiffs.

  33. The day following, an English merchant, from one of our settlements in the East Indies, applied to Captain Gore for the assistance of a few hands to navigate a vessel he had purchased at Macao, up to Canton.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "navigate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.