Sentence examples for is set off for from inspiring English sources

VIOLENCE -- A U-2 is shot down, and its pilot is killed, some reconnaissance jets are sprayed with ground fire, and a three-megaton warhead is set off for show.

Omar, having pulled off his greatest stick-up, is setting off for a peaceful new life in the Caribbean.

What Rafe is setting off for — complete with Danny, a Silver Star, and a fresh head of highlights — is the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, in the spring of 1942, when bombers were launched off the deck of a carrier.

He said fireworks were set off for the first three home games of the season.

But just as a smoke alarm can be set off for a rather innocuous reason - the smoke from frying food, for example - so a high death rate can be accrued for perfectly justifiable reasons.

A USC graduate, he bounced onto stage with a red, white and blue bow tie and soon was leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the national anthem as a few fireworks were set off for dramatic effect.

The Indians are setting off for England to prepare for their five Test series.

A group of people are setting off for a run in the crisp, fresh morning air.

Last Sunday Freya Murray was setting off for Asda when Paula Radcliffe texted her.

We are setting off for a 12-month overland trip from India to Indonesia next January.

But the moving van was on the other foot a century ago, when Brooklyn residents were setting off for Manhattan.