Sentence examples for is set upon the from inspiring English sources

They describe how every work becomes worship when our heart is set upon the maker.

Our Republic will not stand if we tolerate a President who is set upon the complete destruction of the Rule of Law".

As in "Marrying Up", where all we are told is that the world "got bad", and to go outside is to be "set upon", the apocalypse is treated with a vertiginous lightness: the psychodramas happen behind four walls, in a fight to the psychic death.

But these new tales were set upon the "new Mars", the real Mars, Mariner's Mars.

With Buenos Aires at its head, Argentina was set upon the road of stability and modernization.

From the Holy Land it purportedly traveled to Egypt, Sicily, and Spain and reached Ireland about 700 bc to be set upon the hills of Tara, where the ancient kings of Ireland were crowned.

If he's set upon the latter course, perhaps the members of his board might like to have quiet word in his ear, at least if they want to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

Today sees another mid-range Android device previewed before being set upon the masses.

The wounded were set upon the beach in preparation for the boat trip to New York, but Ebenezer Ledyard, the brother of William Ledyard, offered himself as hostage.

A chained up bear would be put in the middle of a "bear garden" (bear-baiting pitch) and the bloodthirsty crowd would slobber with delight as a bunch of dogs were set upon the noble beast.

Drift nets were set behind the boat [21], while trammel nets were set upon the seabed to ensnare spawning herring [9].