Sentence examples for expected sortie from inspiring English sources

He spent the next few weeks forming his plan of attack in preparation for the expected sortie of the Franco-Spanish fleet, issuing it to his captains on 9 October in the form of a memorandum.

The Falcon 9 launcher and the Dragon vessel are expected to give the first full demonstration of their capabilities next month on an unmanned sortie to the orbiting outpost.

His North and South Vietnamese contributions I expected, though the enduring duration of their fight and captivity always awes (a commando said goodbye to his 10-year-old son before a sortie that ended in imprisonment: when he next saw him, his son had an 11-year-old son of his own).

The Muslims tried to break out in a night sortie, but Theodotus was expecting such a move and routed them in an ambush.

Therefore Milne stationed Inflexible and Indefatigable at the northern exit of the Straits of Messina, still expecting the Germans to break out to the west where they could attack French troop transports, the light cruiser at the southern exit and sent Indomitable to recoal at Bizerte where she was better positioned to react to a German sortie into the Western Mediterranean.

The helicopter was still firing – how many bullets can it carry on one sortie, I wondered?

Get off the train when your stop comes, and look for the appropriate sortie (exit).

This first sortie ended badly.

Friday's sortie was a preliminary meeting.

Our first sortie was to Scotland.

The first sortie carried 80 plants.