sortie
noun
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
sortied
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past participleof sortie.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sortie.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sortienouna rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
Example Sentences
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The ROK Air Force then sortied its fighters, including about 80 fifth-generation F-35As.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
She donned trousers, overcoat, slouch felt hat, a false-diamond stickpin and a false black mustache, and sortied into Mexican society.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japan's main fleet never again sortied in full force.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had a fraternity office on campus from which we occasionally sortied out to class or, just as often, to the student lounge, where we tried to master the mambo.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they came opposite the rock which had sheltered Johnny they sortied to see if that part of the mesa was guarded, but there was no sign of life upon it.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford
