Example sentences for: embarked

How can you use “embarked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Five centuries later, Japan’s own Kojiki and Nihon-shoki chronicles describe the creation of the imperial dynasty in the year 660 b.c. : the first emperor, Jimmu (“Divine Warrior”) — great grandson of the Sun Goddess’s grandson — embarked on an expedition of conquest from Kyushu along the Inland Sea coast to the Yamato plain of the Kinki region (near modern-day Nara).

  • Nasser was to rule for 17 years during which, with Soviet help, Egypt embarked on a huge modernization program.

  • "It is now inconceivable that the political process that we embarked on could be brought down over the issue," McGuinness said.

  • Both are embarked on undistinguished, if not utterly futile, careers in Congress.

  • The Portuguese Crown, delighted with its first important discovery, immediately embarked on a program of colonization.


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