send forth
phrasal verb
sent forth; sending forth; sends forth
formal
1
: to cause (something) to be heard
She sent forth a loud cry.
2
: to cause (light, heat, etc.) to move outward from a source
The tropical flowers sent forth a wonderful fragrance.
3
: to produce (something) in the process of growing or developing
The plant began to send forth its shoots.
Examples of send forth in a Sentence
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Such words hold two things in tension—the closing and the sending forth.
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Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
Other dams have been exposed to extreme events for which they weren’t strictly engineered, as in north India in 2021, when a crumbling glacier sent forth a wall of water that wrecked dams and towns downstream.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
On that morning, a stray spark detonated 90,000 pounds of gunpowder stored in a basement vault, sending forth sound waves that could be heard 70 miles away.
—Diane Cole, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
Julia Cho, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
Other dams have been exposed to extreme events for which they weren’t strictly engineered, as in north India in 2021, when a crumbling glacier sent forth a wall of water that wrecked dams and towns downstream.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
On that morning, a stray spark detonated 90,000 pounds of gunpowder stored in a basement vault, sending forth sound waves that could be heard 70 miles away.
—Diane Cole, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
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“Send forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send%20forth. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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