How to Use navigate in a Sentence

navigate

verb
  • I'd need a map to navigate the city.
  • The captain navigated the ship.
  • He has learned to navigate in rough waters.
  • For thousands of years, sailors navigated by the stars.
  • How about if you drive and I navigate?
  • She has trouble navigating the stairs with her crutches.
  • Only flat-bottomed boats can safely navigate the canal.
  • The downtown area is easily navigated on foot.
  • He has had experience navigating airplanes through storms.
  • It took us 10 minutes to navigate through the parking lot to the exit.
  • For those with roots in Gaza, the rules are stricter and harder to navigate.
    Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Customers couldn’t navigate their way through the chaotic breaks in the street and stopped coming.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Lopez and Duhamel navigate the terrifying change of plans to save the day and rekindle their love along the way.
    Amanda Curran, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Reiss then had to navigate past Meyers, who was still dying of laughter on the floor, to flee the scene.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Learn how to navigate and strengthen trust in your business and sign up for free.
    Nick Rockel, Fortune, 26 July 2024
  • This year has been about navigating the trauma of it all.
    Clea Shearer, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2024
  • On Android: Open the Messages app and navigate to the Settings menu.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
  • To get there, the boat would need a working motor for navigating harbors and in case the wind failed us.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Learn how to navigate and strengthen trust in your business and sign up for free.
    Nick Rockel, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Our way of life has led us to navigate the four hemispheres of the world in which our collections exist.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Here, the rocks make the water turbulent, so few fish are able to navigate the current pulling toward the sea.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • How is a person with IBD supposed to navigate this space?
    Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The sequences about how the Count learns to navigate his unique circumstances are full of energy and wit.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the hotels above are built on terraced land, meaning there are many stairs and levels to navigate.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
  • The wiggly appendages sweep the air to detect pheromones that raise alarms, lay trails, and help the insects navigate their social lives.
    science.org, 3 July 2024
  • In the movie, a bright, striving teenager navigates the terrors of Jim Crow South and makes a split-decision that recasts the course of his life.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Back on land, Hunt sees a ghost from his past while navigating an airport with Luther and Benji’s help.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • The team also plans to study just how Heliconius manages to navigate its way through the world.
    Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Kieran Culkin is still navigating the loss of his sister Dakota, over a decade after her sudden death.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The film has been described as Love Jones in Italy, featuring super rich Black kids navigating a steamy love triangle.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'navigate.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: