Forays

Word FORAYS
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Definitions and meanings of "Forays"

What do we mean by forays?

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.

Swift strike(s) or raids; normally for the desire of booty Urban Dictionary

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The word "forays" in example sentences

So, here it is - yet another label forays into the Chennai market. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Michael, who encourages their mother to make independent forays from the nursing home to shop and socialize, chafes at being cast as the dream-killer. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And Woolley's forays from the blueline confused and frustrated Pittsburgh. ❋ Unknown (2001)

From palmy Kingston, the intricate needs of the Anglo-American Empire (1939-1945) had brought him to this cold fieldmouse church, nearly in earshot of a northern sea he'd hardly glimpsed in crossing, to a compline service, a program tonight of plainsong in English, forays now and then into polyphony: Thomas Tallis, Henry Purcell, even a German macaronic from the fifteenth century, attributed to Heinrich Suso: ❋ Pynchon, Thomas (1978)

But for consumers, these big-name forays into the buyback business may not, in fact, be the best buy. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2011)

Mostly, however, her forays are a solitary enterprise. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His Latin American forays were motivated by higher ideals; we would uplift our less fortunate neighbors to the south, and eventually they would join the United States “upon those great heights where there shines, unobstructed, the light of the justice of God.” ❋ David Talbot (2010)

His forays were the more successful because the King was absent in ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)

There's not been much in the way of midfield battling, and Spurs look confined to rare counter-attcacking forays, which is not the style we've come to enjoy and expect when they're playing. ❋ Thom Gibbs (2012)

These offer frequent "forays," as organized mushroom-hunting trips are called. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The offerings came from multiple "forays," as mushroom hunting expeditions are called. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Indeed, much of the to-do that the macros make about their "forays" such as they are into "craft" beer is that their American ale is "better" because they have a better control of the process and thus every bottle tastes exactly the same; with the concomitant negative implication that "and craft brewers don't." ❋ Unknown (2008)

‘Well, we haven’t been able to dominate the ground in front of our positions since days five and six,’ I said, referring to the forays we had made down to the 42 northing. ❋ Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm (2008)

Though the narrative of sundry exciting events, such as forays upon pig-sties, poultry-yards, and kitchen-gardens, was highly amusing, there was a tale of sadness to tell -- of deaths by disease and on the battlefield. ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

1) [Penguin] war parties unleashed a foray upon the unsuspecting [scientists]. 2) I forayed [my neighbour's] daughter ❋ Myrror (2006)

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