set upon
Example Sentences
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As civil rights cases came before him, he set upon a path of trying to learn about the history of race in this country.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2025
But given artistic director Thomas Jolly’s idiosyncratic opening show, set upon the Seine, one would have expected something interesting, if not on its own explicable.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
Mr Amro was carrying commercially purchased goods from the West Bank to Gaza when he was set upon.
From BBC • May 25, 2024
Some outdoor sculptural elements can beckon loudly from a distance — when a formal pot is shown off in a formally designed garden, for example, perhaps set upon a plinth.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024
It was enough to make us all run away as fast as we could, up the hill without looking back, for fear of the evil Cecilia had set upon us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
