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Example sentences for "sallied forth"

  • At eleven I sallied forth to call on the Coopers, and spent a most agreeable hour with him and his wife.

  • However, though casting “a longing lingering look behind,” both on my friend and the fire, I sallied forth.

  • Preparations were made for proceeding upon our journey, and about one o’clock, as the moon rose, we sallied forth.

  • It is enough they were held impracticable the night before, and as there was no alternative in my uncle Toby's wardrobe, he sallied forth in the red plush.

  • I am told that all Indian hotels are bad--still, the breakfast was a considerable improvement on the Marie Valerie, and we sallied forth as giants refreshed to have a look at Karachi and do a little shopping.

  • Jane took a respite from the chase, and I sallied forth alone at dawn up a nullah from Alsu to look for a bear which was said to frequent those parts.

  • On arrival we found a comfortable dâk bungalow, and, having made an excellent breakfast, sallied forth to view the Kutab.

  • The Colonel turned up from the Malingam direction, and pitched his tent in the rest-house compound; and, as the afternoon grew cooler, he and I sallied forth to select a few chikor for the pot.

  • I replied in the affirmative, and we sallied forth together.

  • French mail, and at seven Mabelle and I sallied forth on donkeys to visit the market.

  • The servants soon produced a luncheon, excellently well cooked; and' directly we had finished it we sallied forth again to see what we could before dark.

  • At the head of a handful of his guards he sallied forth, put the rebels to flight, and crushed the insurrection in the bud.

  • Towards midnight the alcalde sallied forth secretly, attended by the alguazil and the meddlesome barber, all strongly armed.

  • After having filled my sack with water, and let it soak for some time, in order to do away the bad smell of the leather, I sallied forth, and proceeded to the tomb, where I immediately began my operations.

  • I was roused: I disencumbered myself of the weight of rubbish that had fallen upon me, and, once upon my legs again, I sallied forth in search of her.

  • They were well dressed, and the bottle of Hungarian wine which accompanied them was excellent, so that when we sallied forth again to examine the town, it was in the most benevolent temper of mind imaginable.

  • On one occasion a young man in the service of the Company received intelligence from an Indian that he had seen fresh tracks of a moose, and being an eager sportsman, he sallied forth, accompanied by the Indian, in chase of it.

  • Seizing my gun, and leaving strict injunctions with Crusty to attend to the roasting of my widgeon, I sallied forth, and, after getting beyond the light of the fire, endeavoured to peer through the gloom.

  • A body of men had been observed from the walls of Fort Garry, travelling past the fort; and as Governor Semple wished to ascertain their intentions, he sallied forth with a few men to intercept them, and demand their object.

  • We sallied forth hastily to take the air for half an hour before dinner.

  • As soon as I had finished my breakfast, I sallied forth to survey Oxford.

  • Yes, certainly," he answered, and we sallied forth.

  • As soon as my father came in, we sallied forth to see the giantess of a ship the Americans have been building, to thresh us withal.

  • I bonneted and booted, and we sallied forth to the Schuylkill.

  • At three o'clock D---- and I sallied forth to go to church.

  • Rousing myself, and half smiling at this temporary weakness, I resolved to brave it out in the true spirit of the hero of the enchanted house; so, taking lamp in hand, I sallied forth to make a tour of the palace.

  • When he sallied forth, his walk was always accompanied by considerable ceremony.

  • Whenever I sallied forth, two townsfolk in authority were sent forward to warn the public that the Furtoo desired to promenade without a mob at his heels.

  • It is enough they were held impracticable the night before, and as there was no alternative in my uncle Toby's wardrobe, he sallied forth in the red plush.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ambassador from; deny that; differential equations; extended order; find out; good comrade; historical work; known passage; need only; noble heart; plain clothes; press together; rather narrow; religious mendicant; sallied forth; stood before; there wasn; under domestication; went past; whip them; wild species; word said