Forays Sentence Examples

Whether from hostile forays or from piracy, any Greek was exposed to the risk of enslavement.

In the weeks that followed, she was careful to restrict her forays to walks down the drive, but she was getting restless.

When Godfrey died in July 1100 (after successful forays against the Mahommedans which took him as far as Damascus), it might seem as if a theocracy were after all to be established in Jerusalem, in spite of the events of 1099.

The native chiefs engaged in forays, sometimes even on their own subjects,for the purpose of procuring slaves to be exchanged for Western commodities.

The peace concluded in 1568 arfd thrice renewed (in 1 573, 1 57 6 and 1584) had not prevented the continuance of raids and forays, from either side of the frontier, that at times assumed the dimensions of regular campaigns.

The Pass of Birnam, where the river narrows, was the path usually taken by the Highlanders in their forays.

So important was this traffic held at Constantinople that, when the portage to the Don was endangered by the irruption of a fresh horde of Turks (the Petchenegs), the emperor Theophilus himself despatched the materials and the workmen to build for the Khazars a fortress impregnable to their forays (834).

In its earlier years this frontier town suffered severely from the forays of the Indians, and in 1690 the abandonment of the settlement was contemplated.

Avoiding the fashionable and luxurious gymnasia, he devoted himself to military studies, hunting and border forays.

The story of the Hungarian wars is a monotonous record of forays, of assistance given at times to the Babenbergs by the forces of the Empire, and ending in the gradual eastward advance of Austria.

In bands, sometimes numbering a few hundreds, sometimes many thousands, they rode out on their forays as far as the Coromandel coast.

For various reasons the war was confined to a few border forays.

The English had not followed up their victory at Flodden, although there were as usual forays on the borders, but Henry VIII.

The history of New Mexico in the 18th century was uneventful, being chiefly a story of petty disagreements among the pueblos, and occasional forays of the more warlike tribes, the Navahos, Apaches and Comanches.

The mass of floating tradition, which had come down from early days, with its tales of border raids and forays, of valiant chiefs and deeds of patriotism, is now rudely fitted into a framework of a wholly different kind.

Her border counties furnished the bogus citizens who invaded Kansas to carry the first territorial elections, and soon guerrilla forays back and forth gave over the border to a carnival of crime and plunder.

The western border was rendered desolate and deserted by guerrilla forays throughout the war.

This month is our first of two forays into the old communist bloc.

The staff enjoy these forays into the " real " world.

Some officers, who led these forays, turned their quarters into harems and fell into bed each night with a new captive.

The site is teeming with fish, which use the numerous overhangs as shelter between their hunting forays out on the reef.

Planted in the farthest Christian outpost in northern Syria, he had to meet many attacks, especially from Mardin and Mosul, in revenge for the provocation offered by his own forays and those of the restless Tancred.

The details of the text are obscure, and seem to imply that David systematically attacked populations friendly to Achish whilst pretending that he had been making forays against Judah.

Annette Peacock 's first records were fantastic forays into early synthesizer music.

These early forays into digital imaging serve as original blueprints for the convenience of today's devices.

With her forays into reality television, a line of perfumes, modeling, and even music, Paris is particularly savvy at keeping herself at the center of media attention.

The original Tiki Room was one of Walt Disney's first forays into the now famous workings of audio animatronics, and the Florida version holds plenty of updates and modern humor for every guest who enters through its doors.

Besides forays into the apparel and beauty industry and the continuation of its fashion shows, Victoria's Secret has decided to focus some of their attention onto the college-age set with their PINK lingerie and sleep line.

The Fairy Jobmother, one of Lifetime TV's first forays into original reality programming, matches hapless job hunters with an employment pro to help them land the dream jobs they not only want but often need.

From Edessa Baldwin conducted continual forays against the Mahommedan princes; and in the great foray of 1104, in which he was joined by Bohemund, he was defeated and captured at Balich.

There were also bostanjis, or forest-guards, numbering about 5000, besides local troops in distant and frontier provinces, and about 20,000 akinjis, or light troops, in Europe, who carried out forays in the enemies' country.