sortie

Example Sentences

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Turk’s bad back makes it a brief sortie, but the attempt confirms that their friendship remains fundamentally intact.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

Air-superiority missions, for instance, would require them to sortie and remain “on station” in Taiwan’s vicinity for a time before returning, which isn’t viable from Guam, Heginbotham said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

But this time the Russian plane wasn’t on a bombing sortie.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

“While a nighttime sortie is more challenging to pilots, it also applies significantly more pressure to adversaries, because the latter would have to remain on high alert passively all the time,” Global Times stated.

From Washington Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Went cycling with Amélie and Mitraillette, my first sortie looking for landing fields—three girls on bicycles, you know, having a jolly afternoon out together, what could be more normal?

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein