59 Verbs to Use for the Word destination

In these days of rapid travelling and telephone, an ambassador's role is much less important than in the old days when an ambassador with his numerous suite of secretaries and servants, travelling by post, would be days on the road before reaching his destination, and when all sorts of things might happen, kingdoms and dynasties be overthrown in the interval.

"Nearing our destination, wherever that is," muttered Jack.

The man did not know their destination, but believed it to be somewhere in the north.

But on this bright May day, as the liner approached its destination, danger seemed far distant and few indeed among passengers or crew gave serious thought to its imminence.

Wherefore we lingered over our tea to an extent that caused the milk-shop lady to view us with some disfavour, and when at length we started homeward, we took so many short cuts that six o'clock found us no nearer our destination than Lincoln's Inn Fields; whither we had journeyed by a slightly indirect route that traversed (among other places)

That a course of untoward circumstances, upon which he seemed unwilling to dwell, had changed his destination, and made him a wanderer on the face of the earth.

Owing to ships not showing lights at night, convoys were diverted clear of one another by wireless signal if they were getting into dangerous proximity; they were directed to alter course as necessary to avoid areas in which submarines had been located, and occasionally it became necessary to alter the destination of some ships as they approached home waters.

" "He did not tell you their destination?" "No, but Lieutenant Kramer is dining with him to-night at the Biltmore.

"May I ask your destination, my young friend?"

You could never guess my destination.

Having passed the river's mouth, and rowed towards the sea, we came near the Prince first, but pursued our destination to the Africa.

The Nova Scotians on learning their destination were alarmed.

She was roused from her reverie by observing that her companion was taking an opposite direction to that of the palace; and requested to alight, mentioning her destination.

November 8.Accordingly I left Delhi on November 8, my destination being Umballah, a station in the Cis-Sutlej provinces.

Yonder, then, she realized dismally, lay their destination; bleak, black, rocky heights, at so great an altitude and in a region so barren that but few wind-broken trees grew, and the brutal face of the world was unmasked.

How fortunate it was that I had chosen the Brooklyn Bridge destination!

It was nearly noon of a spring day, and we had halted on sighting our destination,Comanche Ford on the Concho River.

He gave as his reason for departure that he was going to remain under cover until Artacho could be bought off, but he intended to go far afield for this purpose, as he gave his destination as Europe and the United States.

During the next few days the crew discussed our destination.

Vivien might be, she certainly represented George's destination.

The mad haste had fallen from it as haste falls from one who, with time to spare, sees his destination near at hand; and the turgid Fraser had time to spare, for now it was but threescore miles to tidewater.

Appointed an agent of Indian affairs for the United States at Saint Mary'sReasons for the acceptance of the officeJourney to DetroitIllness at that pointArrival of a steamer with a battalion of infantry to establish a new military post at the foot of Lake SuperiorIncidents of the voyage to that pointReach our destination, and reception by the residents and IndiansA European and man of honor fled to the wilderness.

A merchant keeps his commodities together, and looks upon a cargo composed of ten thousand articles, and worth a hundred thousand dollars, as one; he speaks of it as one; and there is, in many cases, no more perplexity in planning its destination than if it were a single box of raisins.

It is hard to discern the oak in the acorn, or a temple like St. Paul's in the first stone which is laid; nor can I quite prefigure what destination the genius of William Minor hath to take.

But I was not sorry to be able to proclaim my destination as loud as I dared without causing suspicion.

59 Verbs to Use for the Word  destination