sally

Example Sentences

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As with the adoption of Casual Fridays, the first sally in the contemporary battle for comfort, there remains confusion as to what exactly constitutes acceptable office attire.

From The Wall Street Journal

She and her brood live high up in the trees, jumping from branch to branch and occasionally making exploratory sallies on the ground.

From Salon

The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.

From Los Angeles Times

Chess, by and large, is a war game played by nonmartial people who would have trouble identifying the business end of an M16 or explaining the difference between an embrasure and a sally port.

From Washington Times

However, despite learning much about scarce yellow sally, the scientists still have no idea how it got its name.

From BBC