How to Use disembark in a Sentence

disembark

verb
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  • The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark.
  • That's when a crewman disembarked onto a small boat to the dock to do it.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Their ship was one of the last ones allowed to disembark at the Port of Miami.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The Polish border guards allowed each car of the train to disembark one at a time.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Here, guests can disembark to explore the town, the nearby castles, and, of course, the markets.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Along the way, hordes disembarked, with the determined, brisk gait of those with somewhere to be.
    — Victoria Kim Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, guests disembark the train each evening and spend the night in a local hotel.
    — Will McGough, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021
  • By pushing out narrow bridges, the ants are better able to search for a place to disembark.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • At a thick ice floe, the crew gets to disembark for a brief moment of freedom from the vessel confines.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The Pride of Hull told him that at least 72 crew members were refusing to disembark.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • They weren’t allowed to disembark because of the weather, but Kyle had enjoyed the trip and liked the water slides.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Once at the front, however, troops were supposed to disembark and fight on foot.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Tired of risking his ship, the captain forced Barnette to disembark around the site of present-day Fairbanks.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2021
  • The ship was cleared to return at a reduced speed to Seattle where all guests that are on board will disembark as planned, NCL added.
    — Jennifer Henderson and Chris Boyette, CNN, 29 June 2022
  • The next day, the adventure comes to an end when passengers disembark in Broome.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Its passengers disembarked on a makeshift ramp made of planks and a ladder.
    — WIRED, 2 July 2023
  • Your goal, as the man’s wife and killer, is to disembark a free woman, ideally with a hefty life-insurance check in the mail.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2021
  • About 2,000 passengers were scheduled to disembark the cruise Sunday but are still aboard the boat.
    — Ana Faguy, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Small screens in the cart show each rider’s score, and the riders can compare scores on the ride’s last screen before disembarking.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The vessel had been seeking a port to disembark for a week, since rescuing the 440 migrants from the Mediterranean.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The ship will return to St. Maarten Saturday to disembark.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
  • The first to disembark were three young siblings, two girls and a boy, dressed in identical Disney hoodies.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Those people were taken off first to be treated, and then the rest of the passengers disembarked as normal.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • When Brittney was allowed to disembark, the two fell into a tight embrace.
    — Alicia Dennis, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The plane lands safely after a turbulent flight but the occupants disembark to find that more than five years have elapsed and not just a few hours.
    — Nasha Smith, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Or like a pilot on the tarmac passing on a last hint to us passengers that we might be advised to disembark?
    — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Most disembark from rescue vans and buses with only a few items of luggage.
    — Vladimir Klimenko, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The refugees had no legal authority to disembark and were blocked by British naval forces in a skirmish that left three people dead.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • The measures limited the size of ships using the Port of Key West and the number of passengers allowed to disembark daily.
    — Jim Turner, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2021
  • The express train on the Keio Line made an emergency stop so passengers could disembark.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021

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