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sally - use in sentences
Object
- crab: Afternoon tour to James Bay to see fur seals, land iguanas and sally lightfoot crabs.
Converse of object
- pull: Pulling the sally was the first lesson to learn.
- catch: Then let go of the tail with the upper hand and catch the sally.
Adjective modifier
- top: There would probably be no need to help anyone out half the time Printer-friendly page | Top sally mally Charter Member 24.
- sudden: The British force surprised their besiegers with a sudden sally, defeated them and killed Osric.
- witty: The world amused him mightily and he amused the world, always ready with a witty sally or a ribald joke.
- brief: Reed's chapter on Gibson's brief sally into social psychology makes interesting but tantalizing reading.
Modifies a noun
- port: At ground level there is a door in the curtain, a strongly barred sally port.
- guide: A false ceiling which serves simply as a sally guide should be removed and a sally guide frame should be installed.
- lightfoot: The brightly colored sally lightfoot crabs are in stark contrast against the black rock.
- crab: The brightly colored sally lightfoot crabs are in stark contrast against the black rock.
- frame: A false ceiling which serves simply as a sally guide should be removed and a sally guide frame should be installed.
Modifying Another Word
- then: Groups meet at some accessible location and then sally forth into the balmy countryside.
Preposition: by
- defender: A major sally by the defenders of Gloucester has only limited success.
- night: Thus, he would sally forth by night to seek for the destitute and oppressed.
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