pitch tent

Example Sentences

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If this be true, may there not be an unoccupied plot of ground where a late-comer may pitch tent, as under the hemlocks by some babbling water, and feel himself in some real way proprietary?

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

I want to gather together a picked band of kindred souls and go out and pitch tent by the Gunnison River.

From Rosemary and Rue by Amber

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

The prophecy said, "Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there."

From Our Day In the Light of Prophecy by Spicer, William Ambrose

As you ride by these sparkling waters, through the flowery, bowery, woods, you feel as if you like to pitch tent here—at least for the summer.

From Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses by Cozzens, Frederic S.