How to Use smooth sailing in a Sentence

smooth sailing

idiomatic phrase

• None of that means Democrats can count on smooth sailing ahead.
  — David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• The time to strike is now when the weathervane points towards smooth sailing.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
• As for the Cowboys, it’s been smooth sailing without Dak Prescott.
  — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
• Hitting rocky waters first in order to achieve smooth sailing is the way to go!
  — Rachel Gordillo, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
• Still, the milestone doesn’t mean smooth sailing for Apple from here.
  — Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• These lovebirds were the first to get engaged in the pods, and their journey has been (mostly) smooth sailing.
  — Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
• Getting the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show off the ground wasn't all smooth sailing.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
• There is no obvious route back to smooth sailing for the Premier League from here.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• Compared to last year, this winter has been smooth sailing.
  — Gordon Cox, Variety, 27 Jan. 2023
• Not everything has been smooth sailing since the other guy left.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• But the campaign hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing for Labour.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 2 June 2024
• So use the first few weeks of June to step outside of your comfort zone in order for life to feel like smooth sailing during the last week of the month and onward.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
• While the couples put on a united front for Taylor's big day, their past hasn't always been smooth sailing.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023
• Our Flag means freedom—and freedom is the opposite of smooth sailing.
  — TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
• The journey to Cuba was smooth sailing until the dinghy that Newton and his wife Gwen Fontaine needed to get to shore capsized.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
• The rest of the trip appeared to be mostly smooth sailing, other than a report from afar that a monkey at the zoo had stolen Garnett’s red cap.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
• The route is colored to show the current traffic: blue for smooth sailing, yellow for small delays, and red for bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
• From there things seemed to be smooth sailing, with all the dad jokes, costume puns, clue packages, and performances (good and bad) fans have come to expect from the show.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
• The expectation by producers was that the fall would be smooth sailing.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• Keep that in mind, and your funding process just may prove to be some smooth sailing in the current economy’s choppy waters.
  — Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• While his absence will not impact the Nets’ rotation much, the start of his NBA career has been anything but smooth sailing.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024
• But with Swift and Zayn’s help, the couple (and the viewers) experience a stretch of smooth sailing in the mostly turbulent film.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 May 2024
• Negan having been away from the group and then reunited with, of all people, Maggie is not going to be smooth sailing.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• With a little preparation, your home inspection should be smooth sailing that gets you one step closer to owning the place of your dreams.
  — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 1 July 2023
• From low salaries to the omnipresent threat of layoffs, those who choose a path in media aren’t exactly expecting smooth sailing.
  — Vulture, 26 Aug. 2022
• While the Kardashian-Jenner women are able to get down and have a good time together in the kitchen, dining out isn’t always such smooth sailing.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
• This does not suggest that there will be smooth sailing for international trade in 2023.
  — Alan Wolff, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• Still, Zink and others don’t expect everything to be smooth sailing for Cohen.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 15 June 2023
• Still, Labour’s campaign has not been entirely smooth sailing.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
• But removing hurdles from the process of building apps does not translate into smooth sailing.
  — Neeraj Sabharwal, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024