Sentence examples for the errand of from inspiring English sources

In "The Lord of the Rings," the errand of Frodo, though epic in execution, was plain enough: to destroy what would, in the wrong hands, cause irreversible harm.

Emerson, who spent most of his life cultivating the aura of an elder, called for "a brood of Titans" who would "run up the mountains of the West with the errand of genius and love".

But it wasn't about the errands of mercy.

By making a list and doing all of the errands on one designated day, you will open up your schedule for the rest of the week.

The events of the episodes "Errand of Mercy" and "The Deadly Whisper" are set on 3 February and 24 May 1969, respectively.

The plot, featuring both the Klingons and the Organians, follows up to the episode "Errand of Mercy", which had previously been adapted into a short story by Blish.

Now the elder Mr. Capano, whose wife also died recently, said he wished that he had run the errand, instead of his son.

For Bering, parsing the etiology of a person's mental health leaves little room for the musty errand of ideological contemplation.

They are pretexts for the authentic errand of being outside.

This will not weigh which side of town has better gelato or whether there's time to grab dinner al fresco before the movie, but rather will be a cost / benefit analysis computing the importance of the errand against the probability of reaching one's destination without catching a bullet or a prison sentence.

Critics Not-So-Anonymous: as a card carrying member myself, I know that I only criticize that which I care about; however, rather than focus on the caring, I have often leapt to the fool's errand of communicating the criticism.