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How to use embark in a sentence

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Embark means to go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation. Example: “All passengers please embark now.”

Examples of embark by meaning

verbTo go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.

  • All passengers please embark now.
  • There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC

verbTo start, begin.

  • Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

verbTo engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

  • He embarked his fortune in trade.

More sentences with embark

  • We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.From the entry blitz
  • I embarked on a trawl through my uncle's papers in search of his missing will.From the entry trawl
  • After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.From the entry undergraduate
  • We were ready to embark upon our journey now the vessel was rigged.From the entry rigged
  • The Tories appear to have embarked on permanent conflict with the European Union.2021 November 29, Nicola Sturgeon, “Nicola Sturgeon’s Full Speech to #SNP21 Conference”, in Scottish National Party, archived from the…. From the entry build bridges
  • He comes back to pick up the tenate full of tortillas and embarks on his daily journey.2016, Mario E. López-Gopar, Decolonizing Primary English Language Teaching, Multilingual Matters. From the entry tenate
  • Three truly was company for the Paulson children as they embarked on the adventure of siblinghood.2011, Eric Lundberg, A Life Well Lived: The Jennifer Paulson Story, AuthorHouse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry siblinghood
  • Shelton embarked on a sort of victory lap of the festival circuit.2009 July 5, Michelle Orange, “She’s a Director Who’s Just Another Dude”, in New York Times. From the entry microbudget
  • Only someone with enormous unputdownable optimism would ever have embarked on a project like this.1991, Andrew Yule, Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga, New York, N.Y.: Applause Books, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry unputdownable
  • Then stresses and strains would build up inside him and he would embark on a brannigan.1977, Harry Allen Smith, The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler. From the entry brannigan
  • In Alice in Wonderland, Alice embarks on a psychedelic journey.2022 August 4, Alfredo Mineo, “Kidcore Is Here to Brighten Up Your Day — and Makeup Shelf”, in Allure, archived from the original on 05…. From the entry kidcore
  • Since re-booting the Alumnx Council last fall, we've embarked on a fresh direction that we're very excited about.2018 Winter/Spring, John Schwerbel, “Alumnx HQ: A Note From the Chair”, in The Pool, number 2, California Institute of the Arts, page 63. From the entry alumnx
  • At that moment, the crypterati were watching in horror as high-profile ICO Tezos embarked on a public internecine war.2018 February 23, Gian Volpicelli, “To get rich in crypto you just need an idea, and a coin”, in Wired. From the entry crypterati
  • Hunt, a young British academic and a columnist for The Guardian, embarks on a two-part rescue mission in “Marx’s General.”2009 August 19, Dwight Garner, “Fox Hunter, Party Animal, Leftist Warrior”, in New York Times. From the entry postpolitical
  • So, let's quickly embark on this cheeselicious journey!2009, Tarla Dalal, Paneer Snacks, Sanjay & Co., →ISBN, page 6. From the entry cheeselicious
  • The young Bates embarks on a Frodoesque mission to reclaim the kingdom of Middlefinger, of which he is the rightful heir.2003 December 1, “Names & Faces”, in The Washington Post. From the entry Frodoesque
  • We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked in earnest on preparations for mass action.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 146. From the entry civil disobedience
  • This time he accidentally takes a juggler's magic ball and embarks on a successful career as a street entertainer.1986, School Library Journal, volume 33, page 72. From the entry juggler
  • Then, on 14 May, he embarked on the final leg of his passage before the inevitable clash with the Japanese.1963, Oliver Warner, Great Sea Battles, →ISBN, page 245. From the entry Bashee Channel
  • But their friendship was not without its ups and downs, nor did they embark on many joint undertakings.1960 March, Alan Rannie, “The Friendships of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 170. From the entry ups and downs
  • We embarked, we parted; we were not long in arriving at the north of Coptos, the distance of a schene.1917, Charles Francis Horne, The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, volume 2. From the entry schene
  • Alma Asinobi explained that she is embarking on the challenge with her Nigerian passport to highlight the issues surrounding passport privilege for Africans.2025 March 7, Racheal Ayodele, “Nigerian travel creator Alma Asinobi eyes world record, to visit all continents in 70 hours”, in Daily Post. From the entry passport privilege
  • Before embarking on her trip, Kaefer expected to find a pan-Antarctic vocabulary, but quickly discovered there were distinct colloquialisms within each station.2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian. From the entry colloquialism
  • In the wake of the massacre, the Trujillo dictatorship embarked on a renewed negrophobic, anti-Haitian campaign that infiltrated public education and other Dominican institutions.2006, Steven Gregory, The Devil behind the Mirror, page 181. From the entry negrophobic
  • My lafiz was twice the size of his falafel and although neither of us could finish the lafiz, we embarked on it together.2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58. From the entry falafel
  • Thucydides, writing many centuries ago, averred that men usually embark on wars of conquest out of an aspiration for power, wealth, or out of fear.1988, Zvi Yavetz, Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Rome, page 5. From the entry untopped
  • The railway's civil engineers and architects have embarked on a wide-scale scheme for minor station improvements—quite apart, of course, from continued development of major schemes.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 251–252. From the entry wide-scale
  • At the beginning of her career in Quebec, Bujold represented a modern Quebecoise but as she embarks on a series of transnational migrations, her Quebecois-ness is muted.2013, Liz Czach, “The Transnational Career of Geneviève Bujold”, in Russell Meeuf, Raphael Raphael, editors, Transnational Stardom…. From the entry Quebecois-ness
  • The small village of Mokra Gora (Wet Mountain), close to the Bosnia and Herzegovinan border, is where you embark on the spectacular Šargan Eight Railway (Šarganska Osmica).2010 July, Laurence Mitchell, “Villages in the Zlatibor region”, in Serbia, 3rd edition, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire: Bradt Travel…. From the entry Bosnia and Herzegovinan
  • An un-teacher, hopefully—and it is a difficult task that I embark upon, playfully— an un-teacher, hopefully, lets you lead yourselves toward the freedom of your being.2006, Susan M. Watkins, Conversations With Seth. From the entry unteacher
  • I envy the Marilyn Fishers of the world who have the time — and the money — to embark on 45 cruises, the least of which a seven-dayer.1992, Louisville Automobile Club, American Automobile Association, Home & away in Kentucky, volumes 13-14, page 40. From the entry dayer
  • A covey of grey soldiers clanked down the platform at the double with their equipment and embarked, but in absolute silence, which seemed to them very singular.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished in The Avignon Quintet, London: Faber and Faber, 2004…. From the entry covey
  • Our sympathy with science is thus well-founded in a belief in our humanity and it is this which discourages us from embarking upon any serious revolt.1977, Dionysius, page 175. From the entry arcanity
  • Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines.1918, Edith Wharton, chapter I, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1. From the entry motor
  • We cannot afford to embark on a policy of paternalism in Latin America because of the damage it would do to us through underliving our basic ideals.1912, William R. Scott, chapter 22, in The Americans in Panama, New York: Statler, page 256. From the entry underlive
  • GBRf Head of Public Affairs, Jonathan Dobson told RAIL: "We have embarked upon a repower programme with Progress Rail to convert our Class 56s to the new EMD Class 69.2023 February 22, Mel Holley, “Network News: GBRf withdraws Class 69s for technical checks”, in RAIL, number 977, page 26. From the entry repower

Meaning of embark

  1. verb To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
  2. verb To start, begin.
  3. verb To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

Full definition of embark

Questions about embark in a sentence

How do you use embark in a sentence?
Embark is used as a verb. For example: “All passengers please embark now.”
What is a short sentence with embark?
“All passengers please embark now.”
What does embark mean?
Embark means to go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.

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