Example Sentences
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I sallied forth, seeking a companion to go with me to see Metallica at a 6th Street club.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022
Yet despite a government determined to constrain their ambition and advancement, they sallied forward to become a lawyer and educator, respectively.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022
One of these counter-offensives came in the form of an appearance from billionaire Howard Schultz, Starbucks' former chairman, who sallied over to Buffalo to vaguely dissuade pro-union workers from unionizing.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
The original movie succeeded in wasting Emmanuelle Béart and Kristin Scott Thomas, and it wasn’t really until Ferguson sallied into film No. 5, toting an assassin’s rifle, that progress began to be made.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2018
But when he opened his mouth the first line sallied forth sounding like a mouse being squeezed to death by a king snake.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
