Sentence examples of "voile" in French with translation "sail"

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J'aimerais naviguer autour du monde à la voile. I'd like to sail around the world.
Le bateau est sur le point de mettre à la voile. The ship is about to set sail.
Toutes les voiles furent affalées. All the sails were taken down.
Toutes les voiles étaient descendues. All the sails were taken down.
Les voiles flottaient dans le vent. The sails fluttered in the wind.
Dieu fournit le vent, mais l'homme doit hisser les voiles. God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.
Le soudain coup de vent gonfla les voiles et poussa le bateau en avant dans une embardée. The sudden gust of wind filled the sails and lurched the boat forward.
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