Example Sentences

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The group was disembarking from one of three flights scheduled for the day.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2021

In short order, Mills was disembarking on a tarmac under a shimmering L.A. sun.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021

The party was disembarking from a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj, heading towards the bride's house, when they were caught in a thunderstorm.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2021

By the time she returned from Liverpool, he was disembarking at Cherbourg and the dullest winter of his life lay before him.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

They were awakened from a sound sleep into which they had fallen to find that the train had made another stop and that the regiment was disembarking.

From Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)