setting-out
Example Sentences
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Many of the Erisaig people would still be watching their setting-out; and was it to be supposed that they had taken this doited old body as one of the crew?
From The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols by Black, William
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
Hence, therefore, I returned home with the intention of remaining there quietly for a few months before setting-out to seek my fortune.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George
Of course the setting-out of the city is half the game.
From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
He enter’d into the Service very young, and distinguished himself at his first setting-out, so that he really owes his Advancement more to his Services and Merit, than to Fortune.
