setting-out
Example Sentences
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Of course the setting-out of the city is half the game.
From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He had shaken hands, perhaps not altogether graciously, with every one else, even with the deaf-and-dumb gardener who came out of his hiding-place to witness the setting-out.
From Old Lady Number 31 by Louise Forsslund
In Paimpol again, on the last day of February, before the setting-out for Iceland.
From An Iceland Fisherman by M. Jules Cambon
Therefore it is best to adhere to the dear old rules for the dear old game, and only thank Fate with special reverence when sea-breezes or country zephyrs float around one's own personal setting-out.
From In a Mysterious Way by Anne Warner
He enter’d into the Service very young, and distinguished himself at his first setting-out, so that he really owes his Advancement more to his Services and Merit, than to Fortune.
