SALLY in a Sentence
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24 example sentences for SALLY, such as:
1. At this sally, the boys laughed.
2. We have made a successful sally.
3. Dorset greeted the sally with delight.
4. Early in the morning they sallied forth.
5. Let us summon our people, and sally forth upon them.
2. We have made a successful sally.
3. Dorset greeted the sally with delight.
4. Early in the morning they sallied forth.
5. Let us summon our people, and sally forth upon them.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SALLY
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sally
n. a venture off the beaten path
n. a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 Let us summon our people, and sally forth upon them.
2 At this sally, the boys laughed.
3 The fifth sally was in the afternoon; it was fine, and she remained out long, walking to the very top of the valley in which Blooms-End lay.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
4 Dorset greeted the sally with delight.
5 Mr. Merriman's laugh at this sally was such a genuine outburst and so contagious that it started the dinner with an agreeable swing that never slackened.
6 Most of the guests, uncertain how to regard this sally, looked at the elders.
7 Then the spirits of the combatants swell in rising wrath, and now the Trojans gather swarming to the spot, and dare to close hand to hand and to sally farther out.
8 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.
9 When they had done so, they opened the gates and sallied forth, Ulysses leading the way.
10 When they had all put on their armour, they opened the gate and sallied forth, Ulysses leading the way.
11 I put on my bonnet and sallied out, thinking nothing more of the matter.
12 Returning from my first morning stroll, I again sallied out upon this special errand.
13 There being no more to be done that day, the shop was left under the care of Lucija, and her husband sallied forth to show his friends the sights of Packingtown.
14 Early in the morning they sallied forth.
15 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.
Example Sentence:
1 They raged around Sid like a hail-storm; and before Aunt Polly could collect her surprised faculties and sally to the rescue, six or seven clods had taken personal effect, and Tom was over the fence and gone.
2 We have made a successful sally.
3 He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.