Sentence examples for launch off on from inspiring English sources

"It's irresponsible to launch off on more difficult flight tests before we've solved the fundamentals," he said.

He proceeded to launch off on a fascinating survey of government efforts to control behavior and illegal substances, beginning with classical Greece.

'My concern would be we launch off on pashmina politics, where we end up adopting the fad just about to go out of fashion,' he said.

As for the kind of "inclusive" politics being advanced by Mr. Portillo, Mr. Duncan Smith drew an analogy to trendy fabrics, commenting, "My concern would be we launch off on pashmina politics where we end up adopting the fad just about to go out of fashion".

I do some sort of jag on Occupy Wall Street, nothing planned, it just comes out that way, somebody brings it up and the next thing you know I launch off on a 20-minute jag.

Acquiring a driver's license -- earning the right to drive -- became an important rite of passage for American teens, a way for them to launch off on their own toward a bright, if unknown, future.

"You are launching off of your fashion.

When Paterniti peppers Harvey with questions about the brain, the old man just chuckles nervously and says, "Way-ell, it sure has been a wonderful specimen" -- then launches off on rambling anecdotes about shad festivals in Connecticut or the 1931 Yale football team ("he begins each with words like: 'In the days of canals...' or 'I remember the Depression for its coffee' ").

But before we risk launching off on another crusade of science against religion, a bit of background will be helpful.

When you launch off a cliff on the ski slopes, you get a quick, fearful energy boost looking over the edge, but when you land (hopefully) in three feet of fresh powder, unharmed, there's a sense of relief that keeps the fear response from mounting into panic and keeps the adrenaline at an enjoyable level.

Fiolek, 17, who is deaf, was riding at a track run by one of her sponsors when she fell 10 feet after launching off a jump and landed on her head and a shoulder.