set down

Example Sentences

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Before that, SpaceX is to conduct an uncrewed flight to demonstrate the capability of spacecraft to get to the moon and set down there in one piece.

From New York Times

Grand scale and high costs have made it unusual to set down full operas in the studio, as opposed to capturing live performances.

From New York Times

This is all a detour from your question, but maybe it’ll help you set down some of these confessions instead of lugging them around.

From Washington Post

So it came to pass that Lloyd Webber set down a melody to Psalm 98, the one that goes, aptly enough, “O sing to the Lord a new song.”

From Washington Post

In a way, it is the most precious of the set, setting down a role that Norman never sang in full, one for which her capacious but thrusting voice was, in theory, beautifully suited.

From New York Times