DECAMP in a Sentence

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1. They emerge thence, and decamp from their families.
2. He hastily and secretly decamped, arranging that his resignation would not become public until he was safely in the North.
3. But as that wouldn't do in Westminster Hall, and as it wouldn't look quite professional if they were seen by a client, they decamped.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECAMP
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decamp
 v.  leave suddenly
 v.  run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Classic Sentence:
1  They emerge thence, and decamp from their families.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE
2  But as that wouldn't do in Westminster Hall, and as it wouldn't look quite professional if they were seen by a client, they decamped.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. RETURN
3  He hastily and secretly decamped, arranging that his resignation would not become public until he was safely in the North.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
4  Stephen Blackpool had decamped in that same hour; and no soul knew more of him.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
5  He said: "It is the rear-guard of the English getting under way for the purpose of decamping."
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR
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