setting-out

Example Sentences

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Many of the Erisaig people would still be watching their setting-out; and was it to be supposed that they had taken this doited old body as one of the crew?

From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William

The first preparation for our setting-out was, that the captain's half-pike was placed near the coachman, and a drum behind the coach.

From Days with Sir Roger De Coverley by Steele, Richard, Sir

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 MacDonald, George

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 Forsslund, Louise

Of course the setting-out of the city is half the game.

From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)