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Sally (Noun)

A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

The defensive forces organized a sally to drive back the enemy lines.
During the siege, the knights launched a surprise sally through the northwest gate.
A massive sally from the castle resulted in the defeat of the invading army.
The city's inhabitants were terrified as the besieged rebels prepared for a desperate sally.
The troop commander secretly planned a sally to break the blockade on the night of the full moon.

A venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home".

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Her friends were initially hesitant about her sally into the world of extreme sports, but they eventually grew to support her.
The young artist's first exhibition was a tentative sally into the city's competitive art scene.
His first day in the foreign city was a disorienting sally into the unfamiliar sounds and smells of a new culture.
As a seasoned mountaineer, she embarked on a solo sally into the treacherous climbing routes of the Himalayas.
The small-town boy's decision to move to the big city was a bold sally into the unknown challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.

Witty remark.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

The comedian's quick sally about the politician's hairstyle left the audience in stitches.
Her sharp sally deflated the pompous guest's inflated ego at the dinner party.
The writer was known for inserting a witty sally into each of her articles.
In response to the teasing, she shot back with a clever sally that left everyone laughing.
The actor's well-timed sally provided much-needed comic relief in the otherwise somber play.