Sentences with cast off
cast off
C c - The essay exhorts women to cast off their servitude to husbands and priests. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- He cast off, heading out to the bay. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
- I never had anything new to wear as a child, only a cousin's cast-offs.
- Cast-off shoes
- To cast someone in prison.
- To cast blessings upon someone.
- He cast his remarks to fit the occasion.
- The setter cast, but found no scent.
- To have a cast in one's eye.
- A good diamond does not have a yellowish cast.
- He bankrupted himself at a single cast.
- However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
- The gambler cast the dice.
- He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket.
- She cast her eyes down the page.
- To cast a soft light; to cast a spell; to cast doubts.
- The fisherman cast his line.
- She cast herself on the sofa.
- The horse cast a shoe.
- The snake cast its skin.
- He cast the problem from his mind.