Sentence examples for embarked as a from inspiring English sources

In 1860, Hayes had embarked as a celebrity; he returned over a year later a mere afterthought, ridiculed in print.

In an attempt to win favour at court by some large action, Digby embarked as a privateer in December 1627 to attack for booty French ships that were anchored in the Venetian harbour of Scanderoon (now Iskenderun, Turkey).

I embarked as a young Norseman in Henry Treece's Viking Saga, fighting back-to-back with the golden-haired berserker Thorkell, and was reddened to the elbows in the blood of battle.

In this new biography, he sets out to persuade us that Cézanne embarked as a young man on a project of self-definition and self-differentiation. His companion was his schoolfriend, Émile Zola, the axis of Cézanne's emotional life from cradle to grave in Danchev's account.

After Albert's Wall Street career was hit by the Depression, he overcame his embarrassment at using his wife's money by cannily investing it, although she tried to insist on funding their son's writing, on which James had already embarked as a boy.

Aged 11, Smith embarked as a stowaway aboard a vessel proceeding to London.

We must embark, as a Church and as a global people, on an ascent to truth so as to come to witness the fullness of God's creative force and the beauty that it contains.

Acting is what Palmer is most known for, however, there is another talent that she has embarked upon as a recording artist.

It is therefore recommended that law reform be embarked upon as a matter of priority.

I see what China is embarking upon as a quite new idea in history.

It was a bold move, but Brawn had reason to be quietly confident as he embarked on a new life as a privateer.