DISEMBARK in a Sentence

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For DISEMBARK, below is one of 7 sentences:
Let us challenge meeting at the water's edge, while they waver and their feet yet slip as they disembark.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISEMBARK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disembark
 v.  go ashore from ship; unload cargo from ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft
Classic Sentence:
1  We disembark and worship Apollo's town.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
2  Let us challenge meeting at the water's edge, while they waver and their feet yet slip as they disembark.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
3  They were held back by the slow line of disembarking passengers.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  Part of the distance they rode in the car, and after disembarking, passed the Pontellier mansion, which looked broken and half torn asunder.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
5  Here with seven sail gathered of all his company Aeneas enters; and disembarking on the land of their desire the Trojans gain the chosen beach, and set their feet dripping with brine upon the shore.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
6  At last the boat stopped at a small town, and Legree, with his party, disembarked.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence:
1  Before the passengers could disembark, they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.