setting-out
Example Sentences
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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
So this scene of my life may be said to have begun in theft, and ended in luxury; a sad setting-out, and a worse coming home.
From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe
Miss Twitchel and Miss Jones were talking about it; and they all say that there would be the best setting-out got for her that was ever seen in Newport, if it should happen.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various
Hence, therefore, I returned home with the intention of remaining there quietly for a few months before setting-out to seek my fortune.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by George MacDonald
In Paimpol again, on the last day of February, before the setting-out for Iceland.
From An Iceland Fisherman by M. Jules Cambon
