Sentence examples for is setting off for from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

He loved to tell her that he was setting off for his part-time job as a custodian.

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"I'm as enthusiastic about this Paris weekend as I was setting off for Australia or going to Dublin for the grand slam last year," he says.