Sentence examples for set out to sing from inspiring English sources

I didn't set out to be successful and a star, I set out to sing songs.

Five years ago Ms. Wainwright left a cafe in Katonah that she co-owned and set out to sing full time.

Does this send panic through me as I set out to sing or act?

There are scenes that will open your tear ducts, like the chapter in which the muscle-­bound Springboks — "Hollywood central casting's overenthusiastic response to a request for 26 Roman gladiators" — set out to learn how to sing "Nkosi Sikelele iAfrika," the thrilling Xhosa-­language liberation hymn that became one of South Africa's two national anthems.

A man was arrested for provocation, while every woman who set out to peacefully pray and sing was able to do so.

While the Who set out to resurrect past glories, Robert Plant, who opened the concert, didn't want simply to sing hits from his old band, Led Zeppelin.

While the Who set out to resurrect past glories, Robert Plant, who opened the concert, didn't want to simply sing hits from his old band, Led Zeppelin.

Jarvis, who studies how language works and evolves, set out to demonstrate and verify that mice didn't have brain connections to learn singing behavior.

(During its opening set Best Coast sounded dwarfed by the scale of the room — but at least Bethany Cosentino, singing bittersweetly about boyfriends and beach days, was doing what she set out to do).

Toward the end the troupe members sing a little ballad (off key, natch) about how they certainly haven't achieved what they set out to, and that they might as well go back to Williamsburg in shame.

They set out to learn more.