Sallied

Examples

• We were all virtuous girls when Amy, one fine afternoon, left her father's house and sallied forth, like Don Quixote, in quest of adventures. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Legree, though he talked so stoutly to Cassy, still sallied forth from the house with a degree of misgiving which was not common with him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• After a hearty breakfast, the four gentlemen sallied forth to walk to Gravesend, followed by a man bearing the stone in its deal box. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I promised to comply, as soon as I could get away; and after the curtain fell, sallied forth on my melancholy errand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She saw Mr. Lawrence drive off, and then sallied out to dig her way down to the hedge, where she paused and took a survey. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was a dull and heavy evening when they again sallied forth on their awkward errand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And he sallied out of the inn, bending his steps once more in the direction of Brompton. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The last that I saw of him they were bearing him, wounded and bleeding, to the deserted city from which they had sallied to attack us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At last, when the punch was all gone, and the night nearly so, they sallied forth to see each other home. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Typist: Ollie