Sample Sentences for
embark
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    The mission on which you're about to embark is dangerous, but your bravery will be rewarded.†  (source)
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    Why did you embark upon an academic career?†  (source)
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    She read the sea and, having learned from the shells, would embark from the leeward side and head straight for land from here.†  (source)
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    Immediately he embarked on a trip to the minimart for a frozen pizza.†  (source)
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    He confided that he was biding his time until spring, when he intended to go to Alaska and embark on an "ultimate adventure."†  (source)
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    Haven't we mounted the scaffold, singing, as if embarking on a picnic, haven't we, boys?†  (source)
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    Lisbon became the great embarkation point.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    This was all I could obtain, except some small gifts as tokens of his and my mother's love, when I embark'd again for New York, now with their approbation and their blessing.†  (source)
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    After which he embarks on his description.†  (source)
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    Lord, what a runner after good things, servant of love, embarker on schemes, recruit of sublime ideas, and good-time Charlie!†  (source)
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    The moment the last person disembarks, the equipment retracts.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disembarks reverses the meaning of embark. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    Life, ruddered life, that would not fail, began its myriad embarkations.†  (source)
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    This is the great project of the Reich, the greatest project human beings have ever embarked upon.†  (source)
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