8 sentences with 'set'

Example sentences and phrases with the word set and other words derived from it.

• « At Sloan-Kettering Hospital, the presence of cancer set the alarm blaring. »
• « The next morning we weighed anchor and set sail down the river. »
• « The vigilante squad also set out to vigorously pursue gang leaders. »
• « He set about hitting it with the axe and, as the tool became blunt, he kept hitting it with the spine of the blade until he ran out of strength in his arms. »
• « Henry set about cutting logs with his steam engines, and soon there was a little log house on the place. »
• « As 1913 ended and 1914 began, Ford set out to be one such hero. »
• « When he returned, he discovered that his Highland Park lieutenants had set about producing a new, low-clutch version of the Model T. The prototype sat in a corporate garage. »
• « He set about digging a grave near the house, but Nenita still could not accept that the Creator had put such a lovely child into the world only to let her die. »
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