EMBARK in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for EMBARK, such as:
1. They embarked the troops by night.
2. He's embarking on a new career as a writer.
3. We will embark upon a new career at this city.
4. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on.
5. The party embarked on a programme of economic reform.
2. He's embarking on a new career as a writer.
3. We will embark upon a new career at this city.
4. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on.
5. The party embarked on a programme of economic reform.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of EMBARK
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embark
v. go on board
v. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
Classic Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1 '"'My mission is done,' said this honest eunuch; 'I go to embark for Ceuta, and will take you to Italy.'
2 To embark in death is sometimes the means of escaping a shipwreck; and the lid of the coffin becomes a plank of safety.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
3 The whole population was on foot; drums were beating in the streets and in the port; the troops about to embark were marching toward the sea.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 59 WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
Context Highlight In 59 WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
4 Upon this, I told him that whaling was my own design, and informed him of my intention to sail out of Nantucket, as being the most promising port for an adventurous whaleman to embark from.
5 And, to be frank with you, brother, I would not embark with you in this matter, even if I could hope to bring my bark to haven.
6 We embarked on board a galley of the country which was gilded like the great altar of St. Peter's at Rome.
7 The old philosopher, whose name was Martin, embarked then with Candide for Bordeaux.
8 They both embarked after having made their obeisance to his miserable Highness.
9 Milady therefore continued her voyage, and on the very day that Planchet embarked at Portsmouth for France, the messenger of his Eminence entered the port in triumph.
10 In consequence I embarked for Oran, and went from thence to Constantine, where I arrived just in time to witness the raising of the siege.
11 Without the loss of an instant, the carriage was placed on board and the two travellers embarked without delay.
12 He proceeded towards the quay by the Rue Saint-Laurent, and advanced to the Consigne; it was the point where he had embarked.
13 I found that the wind was northeast and must have driven me far from the coast from which I had embarked.
14 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.
15 They embarked; and so for ever got the start of their former captain, had he been at all minded to work them legal retribution.
Example Sentence:
1 Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before.
2 Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on.
3 We will embark upon a new career at this city.
4 The party embarked on a programme of economic reform.
5 They embarked the troops by night.
6 She embarked on a series of sexual liaisons with society figures.
7 The ship embarked passengers and cargo at New York port.
8 Obama and Romney embarked Saturday on the final stretch, making their closing arguments in the handful of battleground states that will decide the outcome of a tight race that is going down to the wire.
9 He's embarking on a new career as a writer.