pitch tent
Example Sentences
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He declared, after predicting its destruction, "It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation, neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there."
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
With camp equipment a party is always safe, though it is not easy to pitch tent in a high wind.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; Neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Richard Green Moulton
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 William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
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 Frederic S. Cozzens
