Embarked

Examples

• One of the sons of Murad I embarked on an intrigue with Andronicus, the son of the Greek Emperor, to murder their respective fathers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After which it embarked upon a long-impending struggle with the persistently imperialist House of Lords. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Turks adopted violent repressive measures, and embarked upon massacres of Bulgarians on an enormous scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Once self-supported by conscience, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, the true Christian never yields. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A heavy rain made this mode of travelling now incommodious; so we embarked in a steam-packet, and after a short passage landed at Portsmouth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• My whole prospects have been embarked in it, with the expectation that I should before this time have realized something from it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• No man that had embarked upon it would return across that dreary ice cap. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• This might have been discouraging to some people; but, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, nothing discourages Me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There was no boat off the point, nor any boat drawn up anywhere near it, nor were there any signs of the men having embarked there. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The Americans were eager to escape from the spirit they had roused, and, reaching the eastern shores of the island, embarked for England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The troops were embarked on steamers and were on their way down the Mississippi within a few days after the receipt of this order. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• About 10,000 men were so embarked. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Two days after we came to our determination, we set out for Portsmouth, and embarked. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• George, with his wife, children, sister and mother, embarked for Africa, some few weeks after. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I found that the wind was north-east, and must have driven me far from the coast from which I had embarked. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In silence we embarked, and shortly after stepped once more upon the deck of the Xavarian. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Butler embarked at Fort Monroe with all his command, except the cavalry and some artillery which moved up the south bank of the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The emigrants embarked by hundreds, and unfurling their sails with rude hands, made strange havoc of buoy and cordage. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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