make camp

Example Sentences

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Except that when they make camp that night, there are 11 of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The team rushed to land all the cargo on the ice and make camp before the forecasted blizzard.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2024

He said the act did not "confer on the public any right to pitch tents or otherwise make camp overnight on Dartmoor Commons. Any such camping requires the consent of the landowner."

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2023

This, at least, was the sentiment that Bold, Serna and seven of their associates held in mind as they made their way to Wall Street on Sept. 1, 2011, to make camp.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2021

I could picture him nodding, thinking about that Finally, he said, “True, but we cannot fret Tjout it can we? We’ll make camp, an’ see what ’appens.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor