Sentence examples for be cast forth from inspiring English sources

His enemies — Agamemnon and Menelaus, the leaders of the Greek expedition, whom Ajax had plotted to murder — insist, of course, that his body be cast forth unburied, like the body of an animal, "food for the birds".

The Locrians, refusing to grant this, gave answer that amongst the Greeks it was the general law that temple-robbers should be cast forth without burial.

Every now and then, however, someone is cast forth to not just deliver the news but also to act on behalf of the wild ones.

The two still have their creative back-and-forths: When she first auditioned for Cookie, Henson demanded that Howard be cast as Lucious.

I thought… For the first fourscore and, oh, six or seven years after our fathers brought forth what they brought forth, the former owners of the new… The hippie has long been cast as an opponent to the punk, and an uncool one, at that — the no of the punk against the yes… Once Upon a River, by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Norton; $25.95).

It's a bit like watching returns on election night: All the votes have already been cast, but it seems like there's an exciting back-and-forth going on as the votes are counted.

The votes were cast.

The die was cast.

So the cast was cast aside.

Ballots were cast.

But the die was cast.