How to Use navigation in a Sentence

navigation

noun
  • If you're going to be a good sailor you need to master navigation.
  • I don't mind driving if you're willing to do the navigation.
  • Our new car has an onboard navigation system.
  • There are back and forward buttons for easier browser navigation.
  • Navigation becomes more difficult further upriver.
  • When on a video call, open the Video menu on the main macOS navigation bar.
    — Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Open the app and tap on Sections in the bottom navigation.
    — Staff Reports, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The screens are for watching TV and videos, and gaming, not just navigation.
    — Carlton Reid, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
  • So this year was about setting the agenda and putting some quick wins on the board and also kind of getting the course, the navigation put in.
    — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Over the ocean, these winds are known as the trade winds, which sailors have long relied on for transatlantic navigation from east to west.
    — Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Google rolled out the eco-friendly navigation in Google Maps last fall.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 July 2022
  • The lighthouse is active as a Coast Guard aid to navigation.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The United Kingdom will always stand up for freedom of navigation and the free flow of trade.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Its navigation system had been swamped by a burst of radio signals from the gun.
    — Aaron Krolik, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • While the White House’s intent of the campaign was the restore freedom of navigation to the Red Sea, shipping routes have largely strayed from the area.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
  • The city helped with the selection process and the complex navigation of securing a spot on the Common.
    — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The speedometer will then appear at the bottom left of their navigation screen.
    — Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 10 July 2024
  • Habib likened it to how the rise of navigation apps has eroded people’s ability to get around on their own.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023
  • Telling tales of the hunt for krill, of navigation and seduction, these tunes can carry for hundreds of miles.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The barges announce their approach through the city via the ferries’ navigation systems.
    — Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Bees, ants and birds, among others, use it for navigation.
    — New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With more than 2 billion monthly users, Google Maps is the world’s top navigation app.
    — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Tabs for each are clearly listed at the top of Disney+'s homepage for easy navigation.
    — Stacey Nguyen, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Even the order of the options on the main navigation sidebar is similar.
    — Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 8 June 2023
  • Last year, the app teamed up with Santa and Mrs. Claus to offer good tidings — and good navigation — for the festive season.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2023
  • Wind, Sand and Stars Mr. Sadler was intrigued by desert navigation.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Of all the crucial outdoor skills, wilderness navigation is the quickest to pick up.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
  • No pilot’s flight bag, no black box, and the navigation panel has been pulled from the instrument board.
    — Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
  • American grand strategists also need to ask whether the country still benefits from being the preponderant provider of global public goods, such as freedom of navigation.
    — Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • The scientists then created a magnetic vacuum to remove the magnetic field inside the arena, hoping to isolate any other senses that might be aiding in navigation.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025

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