Sentence examples for out of formation from inspiring English sources

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The recruits were beaten for failing to show up on time, or for falling out of formation, or for stealing water.

Seconds later, the footage panned to hundreds of soldiers chaotically scurrying out of formation and running away before the television feed was cut.

The three fighters would intercept them over Bridgeport, and halfway down Long Island Sound, one of the bombers would drop out of formation; each fighter was to make one pass at it as it went down.

It's not a sensory-deprivation chamber, but it nearly is — and it's in this way that "Eyes on the Lines" comes closest to achieving Solnit's imperative to get truly lost, an experience she likens, at one point (after evoking the Old Norse los), to "soldiers falling out of formation to go home".

An American would be riding in the lead vehicle as commander and driving the last one as "bobtail" -- a truck without a load that acts as a sort of sheepdog, rushing to help with any problems and making sure no one has drifted out of formation.

"This origin suggests soldiers falling out of formation to go home, a truce with the wide world.

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Before the dancers came on, the band and pennant bearers weaved in an out of formations.

The dance that follows, making much out of formations and fabric, is perfectly watchable.

In Texas, the nation's largest oil-producing state, the demand for CO2 is soaring — because carbon dioxide can help squeeze oil out of formations deep underground — and new carbon dioxide-producing plants are in the works.

In a nod to the complex geometries of ballet, Lustig deftly weaves the dancers in and out of formations more formal than the typical b-boy and b-girl battles.

It is a decision you will need to make before filling out your certificate of formation.

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