sallying
present participle ofsally
sally
verb[I+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈsæl.i/us/ˈsæl.i/to make a sally
Attacking & invading
- aggressor
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- besiege
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- false flag
- foray
- going-over
- hard power
- hit and run
- incursion
- kamikaze
- post-conquest
- privateer
- raid
- reconquer
- reconquest
- swoop
Idiom
sally forth
Examplesofsallying
sallying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Of the many illustrations, the most poignant is the story of the young man who donned his best suit beforesallyingforth to greet his liberators.
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He is expected to be a venturesome knight,sallyingforth to protect the consumer.
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As they will claim that they are not war-ships they could stop in a neutral harbour for more than 24 hours and repair themselves thoroughly beforesallyingout again.
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Prey are caught mostly bysallying, although birds also probe and glean.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Acorn woodpeckers can also be seensallyingfrom tree limbs to catch insects, eating fruit and seeds, and drilling holes to drink sap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eat insects on the ground in the grass or catch them in flight (sallying).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is very active when feeding in the tree canopy, darting from flower to flower andsallyingfor insects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Piratic flycatchers wait on an exposed perch high in a tree, occasionallysallyingout to feed on fruit, their staple diet.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They use a variety of foraging techniques, including hawking from a perch,sallying, hovering, gleaning, and flush-pursuiting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Prey is almost always obtained by moving up the trunk or branch, and there are two main foraging techniques, probing andsallying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It hunts from a perch, sitting and waiting for prey thensallyingout to catch it in flight.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Though his defense held out that long, he did not lead any men insallyingforth from the castle or otherwise attacking the besieging army.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Insects were most often gleaned from leaves or bark, and sometimes caught bysallyingor taken from the ground.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is very active when feeding, darting from flower to flower andsallyingfor insects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If frightened, the infant would run back to the surrogate and cling to her for a time beforesallyingforth again.
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