Sentence examples for sending a messenger from inspiring English sources

But even as the play opens, he is busy sending a messenger to countermand that order.

The two men sought to resolve their dispute by sending a messenger to consult the oracle of Apollo at Didyma.

The parliament questioned whether it would be good for her health or suitable for a widow to attend council, and that if not, it would be hard to keep sending a messenger to her quarters.

With both squadrons badly damaged, reinforcements were called for, Linois sending a messenger overland to Cadiz with an appeal for the Spanish fleet there, under Admiral Don Jose de Mazzaredo to send a squadron to escort the French force in Algeciras to the safety of Cadiz.

He sent a messenger to Chief Powhatan with his demands.

Merely sent a messenger with a letter of farewell".

He sends a messenger boy to the Traffic Court with a dollar, the fine for parking overtime.

Often, he said, they simply send a messenger down from the mountains demanding food and supplies.

Herod sent a messenger knowing that it would take three years for him to return.

But Agamemnon has second thoughts and sends a messenger to turn Iphigenia back.

His action upset the marquis, who immediately sent a messenger to get an explanation for this strange behaviour.