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Example sentences for "sett"

Lexicographically close words:
seting; setle; setled; setling; sets; setta; sette; settee; settees; setten
  1. And as for Castre, it weer noo convenyent londe to exchange for suche a thyng, nor it weer not polesy for me to sett that maner in suche case for alle maner of happis.

  2. Item, Sir John Mydelton toke leve off the Duke to sporte hym, but he is sett in pryson att Brussellys.

  3. My Lord Archbyshop and other of my Lords, and I, dempte by cawse of your long tarryng, that by youre sad dyscrescyon all hadde ben sett thorow.

  4. Spare not this to be don in hast, if ye wull have ther lyves, and be sett by in Norffolk, though ye shuld leys the best maner of all for the rescuse.

  5. Item, while my seide maister was over the see in Midsomerterme Calle sett me a warke to wryte two tymes the prevy seale in papir, and then after cleerely in parchement iiijs.

  6. Item, I wold not in no wyse that ye shuld nother sell nor sett to pleage that ye have in Runnham, what som ever fortune of the remnaund; for yt is a praty thyng, and resonable well payde, and nere thys towne.

  7. It is ordered by this Court that the Companies Armes with Helmett Crest supporters and mantlings shalbe sett up in Portland Stone under the Cantilaver does of the Theater being over the Windowe next the Granarye.

  8. It is ordered that the yeomanryes hearse cloth shalbe altered and the imbrothered scutchions & figures to be decently sett by an Imbrotherer to be alwayes used at the publique discections in the Theater.

  9. And thus being reared up with handkerchiefs and flagges streaming on the toppe they strawe the ground aboute, binde green boughes aboute it, sett up sommer houses, Bowers, and Arbours hard by it.

  10. He was agent for a very primitive social-evil movement; advertisements emanating from this "sett of gentlemen sympathising with the misfortunes of young girls" occur in the papers of June and July 1752.

  11. In Testimony of which I the Notary aforesaid have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal of Office this Fifteenth Day of November One thousand seven hundred and Thirty nine.

  12. This day being a Month Since we left Our Commission port, have Sett down what Quantity of provisions Expended, with the provisions att broch,[27] Viz.

  13. Sett a ---- Crazy fellow a shoar not thinking him fitt to proceed that Voyage, his name Unknown to me.

  14. To Boat hire and Labourers to help Sett the Gibet And there attendance at the Execution and Diging the Grave for White 3.

  15. To the first Out sett for provisions etc.

  16. Sett our Spritsail, Topsail and Square Sail with a fine Breeze of Wind.

  17. Then they asked Captain Gibson, the Commander, whether he was willing to goe with them, which he refusing, they sett him a shoar, with 14 or 15 more.

  18. Cleaned her and got the Cargoe on Board, found Concealed in the under part of the Boats Chock,[4] a Sett of french Papers Expressing who the Cargoe belonged to.

  19. At Bristowe was beheded the lord Spenser, and there his hed sett up: afterward was taken S^{r}.

  20. Mine engynes that bethe so kene, They shull be sett be syde this hill, Over all Harflewe that they may sene, For to loke if they play well.

  21. Robert of Middelton was ateynt, and jugged to be drawe an hanged and beheded at London, and his hede sett up at Neugate; and hise quarters were sent to iiij principale citees of Engelond.

  22. And anon his hede was smeten of and sett on a pole.

  23. Sidenote: Bawdes were sett on the pillory, and strompettes were led to Neugate.

  24. Townships And AlthĂ´ the number of thirteen persons is there Sett forth to Petition.

  25. Quhethir a Bonde may defend him again his Lord, and he war sett to sla him.

  26. How Princis and Kingis suld sett them for gude renoun here.

  27. The Ship is sett upon by pirats corsaires, and they are taken al sclaves and carried to the ile of Dorigni.

  28. The other demanding wheirin, he replied, If he had but sett Job on the horse I am on, he had cursed God to his face.

  29. I left Salt[77] Orleans and sett up for Blois.

  30. They take a choffer whiles of brass oftner lame,[192] filled wt charcoall, which they sett beneath the thing, on which they dry out their cloaths wery neitly.

  31. The whole flete sett out in 88 against the Spaniards and wch were payed by Q.

  32. We entendyng to prevent his conspired malice and to defende or reame and subgiettes from all suche invasions by strength of a navye to be shortly sett to the see.

  33. Her pace down the stubble was tremendous; she was not more than ten yards behind the hare at the badgers’ sett in the hollow below.

  34. There duellethe the Soudan in his Calahelyke, (for there is comounly his see) in a fayr castelle strong and gret and wel sett upon a roche.

  35. And on the lift syde of the hille Carmelyn is a town, that men clepen Saffre: and that is sett on another hille.

  36. And the contree is sett along upon the ryvere of Nyle; be als moche as that ryvere may serve be flodes or otherwise, that whanne it flowethe, it may spreden abrood thorghe the contree: so is the contree large of lengthe.

  37. And for this is the first contree that is discordant in feythe and in beleeve, and variethe from our feythe, on this half the see, therefore I have sett it here, that zee may knowe the dyversitee that is betwene our feythe and theires.

  38. The secounde thousand is alle clothed in clothes dyapred of red silk, alle wroughte with gold, and the orfrayes sett fulle of gret perl and precious stones, fulle nobely wroughte.

  39. In the afternoon, after the third ringinge of the bell, hee shall reade a short chapter or one of the Psalms of David, as the congregation are assemblinge; afterward he shall again sett the Psalm.

  40. Yaimon Dono, the master ship carpenter, brought me a present of pears, and, in the end of many complementall speeches, took exceptions that land carpenters were sett to work abord our shipp.

  41. The king sent me a letter that he receaved from Gonrok Dono, wherin he advised hym that he wold sett Damian and Jno.

  42. Langasaque, with 10 pots sett with trees and slowers [flowers?

  43. The Hollanders sett out orders abord their shipps that the mareners should sell nothing to the Englishmen.

  44. The chirurgion is a prating fello, and I think sett on per others.

  45. I went to the King of Firando and tould hym that Mr. Eaton had advised me that Safian Do[no] said that yf the men were not sett at libertye upon sight of his letter, that then I should advise hym thereof, and he would use other meanes.

  46. This is Gon Rock Donos suttiltie, because he now understandeth the Emperour hath geven order to sett them at liberty; otherwaies he had rather they were hanged, to have Damians goods.

  47. And it seemeth now they are desiros to sett them at liberty upon my second motion, as I understand from the fiscall.

  48. The Moore, delighting still in villainy, Did say, to sett my sonnes from prison free, I should unto the king my right hand give, And then my three imprisoned sonnes should live.

  49. Thei armyd theym in mattes, Thei sett on theire nolles 60 Gode blake bolles, Ffor to kepe theire pollis Ffor batteryng of battes.

  50. Then this revenge against the Moore was found; Alive they sett him halfe in the ground, Whereas he stood untill such time he starv'd: And soe God send all murderers may be serv'd.

  51. Maybe these holy spiritts may have limitations sett to y^e power of theire intercessions--at anie rate, the ears of Mary-mother are open to alle.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sett" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    setting apart; setting aside; setting fire; setting forth; setting machine; setting them; settle down; settle the; settled back; settled down; settled himself; settled right; settlement work; settling down