1
: a sudden issuing of troops from a defensive position against the enemy
2
: one mission or attack by a single plane
3
b
: excursion, expedition
diving sorties
sortie
intransitive verb
sortied; sortieing
Examples of sortie in a Sentence
an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores
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Last year, Taipei tracked over 3,000 Chinese warplane sorties in its air defense zone, nearly double the figure recorded in each of the previous two years, according to PLATracker, a public dataset maintained by U.S. analysts Gerald C. Brown and Benjamin Lewis.
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John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
In recent years, China, which has vowed to bring Taiwan under its control, by force if necessary, has stepped up military activities around the island, including simulated blockades and near-daily sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The scope of their work is described as patrolling the Mississippi River, X-ray examinations of food, drink and merchandise trucks that entered the venue area, air sorties as well as deploying several units to support local, state and federal law enforcement.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
The Chinese military also sends warplanes and ships toward Taiwan on near-daily sorties and in recent days held an amphibious landing drill in the Taiwan Strait.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 30 May 2025
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John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
In recent years, China, which has vowed to bring Taiwan under its control, by force if necessary, has stepped up military activities around the island, including simulated blockades and near-daily sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The scope of their work is described as patrolling the Mississippi River, X-ray examinations of food, drink and merchandise trucks that entered the venue area, air sorties as well as deploying several units to support local, state and federal law enforcement.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
The Chinese military also sends warplanes and ships toward Taiwan on near-daily sorties and in recent days held an amphibious landing drill in the Taiwan Strait.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sortie
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sortie. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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