How to Use disembark in a Sentence

disembark

verb
  • The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark.
  • The man disembarked in Hong Kong and is no longer on the ship.
    Stephanie Yang, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Pilots returned the plane to the gate, and the pair was asked to disembark.
    CBS News, 26 Feb. 2021
  • That's when a crewman disembarked onto a small boat to the dock to do it.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Our group disembarked and hopped on an hour-long boat cruise on Loch Ness.
    Vicki Denig, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
  • 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
  • As of Tuesday, the cruise line reports that 1,406 people have disembarked the ship.
    Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • In a leap of faith, anonymous Ukrainians disembarked from their hidden homes with ropes and chains and a small truck and car.
    Susan Mathison, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • The boat then docks in Berlin, where guests can tour the city before disembarking the following day.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2024
  • 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
  • In all, 328 Americans disembarked from the ship in the early hours of Monday, Tokyo time.
    Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • More than a dozen cruise ships around the world are currently unable to disembark.
    Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 21 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • But disembarking crew aren’t the only vector to think of.
    al, 27 Mar. 2020
  • One at a time, the veterans disembarked with the help of family members and assistants, who pushed their wheelchairs down the narrow jetway.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
  • The organization is also considering food delivery by ships that could sail through the maritime corridor and disembark at the Port of Ashdod, around 20 miles north of Gaza's border.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024

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