set example
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Night and day He set example to His followers.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
King Arthur, to set example to his knights, first essayed, and pulled at it eagerly, but the sword would not out.
From A Biography of Sidney Lanier by Edwin Mims
And so to set example in the eyes Of Fancy's lads, and give a broadish hint to them, All his cups were of such ample size That he got into them.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
What the Bible teach me is to lob de Lor'-be good myself, and set example fo'h oders.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
I must not," answered the Master of Ravenswood, "challenge the freedom of speech in which I have set example.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
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