setting-out

Example Sentences

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In Paimpol again, on the last day of February, before the setting-out for Iceland.

From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules

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 Defoe, Daniel

I should like to emphasise the importance of the setting-out work necessary for brush-drawing.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold

On the morning of Baldassare's setting-out for the Mantuan road, La Testolina—at that time much and unhealthily in Fra Battista's hire—came breathless to the Via Stella.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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