How to Use set out in a Sentence

set out

verb
  • The Bee has set out to change that.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • For homes with up to four units, each unit can set out one tree.
    — St. Paul Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The agents set out to find a record of this visit.
    — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Lidia sets out to seek the truth behind the myth.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • People even set out chairs and meet friends there.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • So he and a team of colleagues set out to study it.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The rest of us set out folding chairs in a patch of grass.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Four friends have set out on a leisurely sail on an open sea.
    — James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The game was smut or pitty pat, with a dish of flour set out.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • Take some time, set out an hour, or go through it over the weekend.
    — Adriana Morga, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • With so many options, there's a set out there that's right for you.
    — Alec Scherma, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2022
  • That’s what the folks who show up later in my book set out to change.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Now Truwit is setting out to achieve even more.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Hannah then set out to find Katharine’s grave.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That is exactly what this study set out to prove.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • So his team set out to find a solution.
    — Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • The paranormal team had set out stacks of tarot cards.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Some people simply set out a cheese plate.
    — Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2026
  • And this crazy windstorm came in and took the entire set out.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 July 2024
  • No one sets out to be defensive.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Irons plays a human rights activist who sets out to help her.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • That’s what researchers set out to learn in the recent study.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 23 July 2022
  • Don’t forget to set out the ketchup and mustard!
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
  • After sunset, the barge set out for sea.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Hamilton didn’t set out to build a business around this niche.
    — Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
  • So how might the new prime minister set out to turn things around?
    — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • Don’t set out to celebrate the press.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2026
  • Don't set out to celebrate the press.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Soskin didn’t set out to make history.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That’s what the researchers who did the latest study set out to test.
    — Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2023

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