Sentence examples for great sortie from inspiring English sources

He ordered another great sortie for that night.

The close proximity of forward bases allowed for a far greater sortie rate and reduced fuel consumption.

Happy Moscow, written in the early 1930s but only published for the first time in 1991, like The Foundation Pit, eschews linear narrative development for a sortie towards greater poetic truth.

In a recent Air Force Times article they said that larger tankers offer greater flexibility, can deliver more fuel per sortie and do not need to be kept closer to the battlefield than is "militarily prudent".

"Our greatest accomplishment was that we flew every single sortie the Air Force asked us to fly, despite the challenges we encountered," he said.

At their best, these works, for example "Sortie from Gibraltar" (1789; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), carry great conviction, even if they tend to be somewhat theatrical.

GREAT FLEET OFF ON TOUR TOMORROW; Officers Announce Departure From Hawaii for Australia Will Be in Nature of a "Sortie". THEORETICAL MINES IN PATH These Must Be Brushed Away With Help of Reconnoitring Craft and Their Tenders.

This first sortie ended badly.

Friday's sortie was a preliminary meeting.

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Our first sortie was to Scotland.