How to Use disembark in a Sentence

disembark

verb
  • The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark.
  • One man in shorts stood down a bus until the tourists disembarked.
    — Rachel Pannett, WSJ, 22 May 2018
  • The man disembarked in Hong Kong and is no longer on the ship.
    — Stephanie Yang, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020
  • That's when a crewman disembarked onto a small boat to the dock to do it.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Pilots returned the plane to the gate, and the pair was asked to disembark.
    — CBS News, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Our group disembarked and hopped on an hour-long boat cruise on Loch Ness.
    — Vicki Denig, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
  • 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
  • More than a dozen cruise ships around the world are currently unable to disembark.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Its passengers disembarked on a makeshift ramp made of planks and a ladder.
    — WIRED, 2 July 2023
  • Instead, guests disembark the train each evening and spend the night in a local hotel.
    — Will McGough, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Once at the front, however, troops were supposed to disembark and fight on foot.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Tourists continue to disembark from buses and join the melee.
    — Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
  • The soldiers ordered us to grab our bags and passports and marched us to the gangway to disembark.
    — Emily Wilder, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The Polish border guards allowed each car of the train to disembark one at a time.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • As the men were forced to disembark, several of the women started to sob.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Thousands of passengers can disembark and be replaced by new ones in the space of just six to eight hours.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • 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
  • Will Emily in Paris disembark in Greece for a few episodes?
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • As the passengers disembarked the boat, the wind picked up and destroyed a nearby pier.
    — The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
  • Some who had already boarded planes disembarked for fear they might not be allowed to re-enter.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • That all changed when the first boatloads of people disembarked, along with hunting dogs and stowaway rats.
    — Sarah Lazarus, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
  • When the ship docked on the island of Bonaire, Collins disembarked and did not return.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Here, guests can disembark to explore the town, the nearby castles, and, of course, the markets.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The agents disembarked and surrounded the gates protesters had tried to block.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • Guests will encounter a special photo op when disembarking the tram.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The people disembarked the out-of-service Baathist train and are waiting for the trains the new rulers promised them.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Their ship was one of the last ones allowed to disembark at the Port of Miami.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Usually, a crowd of workers disembarked at Shelkovskaya in the evenings.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
  • At our first stop in Albuquerque, my mom wanted to disembark and buy souvenirs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Passengers were on The Hop when the wires were hit and were able to safely disembark.
    — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025

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