headed off

Example Sentences

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Headed off by a sheriff, Tibbs climbed down, later drawled to a judge: "I thought I'd slacked off going through the towns."

From Time Magazine Archive

The enemy, Monty said, had been "Headed off."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Headed off once more, I fear," said Sedgwick.

From The Wedge of Gold by Goodwin, C. C.

"Headed off again!" exclaimed one of the larger girls who sat near Lloyd.

From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

Headed off from the woods that marked the banks of the Night Hawk Creek, the coyote in desperation took to the open prairie, with Captain and Queen, a noble fox-hound bitch, closing fast upon him.

From The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan by Connor, Ralph