How do you use Sallied in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sallied meaning
simple past and past participle of sally
Using Sallied
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of sally
- In the example corpus, sallied often appears in combinations such as: sallied out.
Context around Sallied
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sallied
- In this selection, "sallied" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, xanthians, garrison, almoravids and forth stand out and add context to how "sallied" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of xanthians sallied out to and the almoravids sallied from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sallied" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sallied
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the Xanthus Valley an army of Xanthians sallied out to meet them, fighting determinedly, although vastly outnumbered. (18 words)
He quickly gathered a small force of Roman soldiers to fight against the Volscians who had sallied forth from Corioli. (20 words)
The garrison sallied out of the castle and attacked Richard; he was able to subdue the army and then followed the defenders inside the open gates, where he easily took over the castle in two days. (36 words)
They laid siege to Marrakesh for forty days until, in April (or May) 1130, the Almoravids sallied from the city and crushed the Almohads in the bloody Battle of al-Buhayra (named after a large garden east of the city). (40 words)
The garrison sallied out of the castle and attacked Richard; he was able to subdue the army and then followed the defenders inside the open gates, where he easily took over the castle in two days. (36 words)
He quickly gathered a small force of Roman soldiers to fight against the Volscians who had sallied forth from Corioli. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
He quickly gathered a small force of Roman soldiers to fight against the Volscians who had sallied forth from Corioli.
In the Xanthus Valley an army of Xanthians sallied out to meet them, fighting determinedly, although vastly outnumbered.
The garrison sallied out of the castle and attacked Richard; he was able to subdue the army and then followed the defenders inside the open gates, where he easily took over the castle in two days.
They laid siege to Marrakesh for forty days until, in April (or May) 1130, the Almoravids sallied from the city and crushed the Almohads in the bloody Battle of al-Buhayra (named after a large garden east of the city).
Common combinations with sallied
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: