I thought this odd; however, I said nothing, and we set off.
You have done nothing, unless you mix my blood also with that of the birds"; and so saying he set off to run away.
A terrible report came to me, and I set off to learn the truth.
Make haste, half the people were come when I set off.
The very next they were to set off, and in great haste; Lily did all she could for the regulation of the house, packed up her goods, and received the commissions of her sisters.
Towards evening the mail driver, an elderly man who had evidently endured a good deal in his day, and who did not venture to sit down in my presence, began preparing to set off to the Tom.
When I set off I promised to send you notes of my journey after Tomsk, since the road between Tyumen and Tomsk has been described a thousand times already.
Such a self-conquest may reasonably be set off in counterbalance to any kind or degree of self- indulgence.
These arrangements made, soon after six o'clock on a dark winter evening I set off, accompanied by Ann, towards Piccadilly; for it was my intention to go down as far as Salthill on the Bath or Bristol mail.
Next day toward evening the princess set off, and Pierre's head steward came to inform him that the money needed for the equipment of his regiment could not be found without selling one of the estates.
Alpatych went back to the house, called the coachman, and told him to set off.
I set off a little after ten, having attired myself simply as for a dinner-party.
They were tired of living quietly at home, being mistaken for each other by everybody they saw, and determined to set off in different directions, to seek adventures.
The rest of our conversation ran upon the necessary preparations for her journey, about which she immediately gave orders, being determined to set off within a fortnight.
If you are not here this evening at six o'clock, I set off to morrow for the Hermitage, let the weather be how it will, and in whatever state of health I may be; for I can no longer support the inquietude I now feel.
Look you, May, you get and run up, and knock at the door and tell her that 'twill soon be time for us to set off to church and that she have got to make haste in her dressing.
If I set off in a few moments it will do, I suppose?
I set off to Blacklock's (American Consul) who lives not far from that little village I have so often mentioned as lying between us and Apia.
After lunch - you can see what a busy three days I am describing - we set off to ride home.
So heset off to find his fortune, and on the way he saw a tigress, licking her paw, and moaning mournfully.
The Prince, overhearing this, set off at once to find the solitary tree, and ere long discovered it, with a savage horse and furious dog keeping watch and ward over it.
When these things were done Durant set off in the direction of Fort O' God, and if Jacques Le Beau could have seen him then he would have had good reason to guess at his elation.
He set off at a new angle, came around the edge of a huge rock, and suddenly stopped.
He yearned for something more exciting, and with his mind suddenly made up he set off in quest of adventure.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "set off" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
