How to Use decamp in a Sentence

decamp

verb
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  • She took the papers and decamped.
  • He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
  • His best friend decamped to Texas and a home twice as big.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2018
  • But over the decades many of the big names have decamped for Midtown.
    — Keiko Morris, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • The 49ers will decamp to the desert for much of December.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Others decamped to the 'burbs, or went abroad for work.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 18 July 2019
  • Fast forward a year or so, and the two were ready to decamp East L.A. for Malibu.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The couple paid it for one year and then decamped for Europe.
    — Kim Phillips-Fein, The New York Review of Books, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Salvini has styled himself as a man-of-the-people who for most of the summer has decamped to the beach.
    — NBC News, 11 Aug. 2019
  • In the nineties, many of Xi’s peers decamped to Hong Kong and elsewhere to make their fortunes, but Xi didn’t join them.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2019
  • After the union was sealed with a kiss, everyone decamped for the Brook Club on 54th Street.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 June 2018
  • Rumors suggest the world No. 2 will soon decamp to LIV.
    — Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Author David Sedaris decamped to Japan for three months to quit smoking.
    — refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • But when the threesome decamped to a suite later, the guard outside asked Hardaway for his pass.
    — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 28 June 2018
  • The family plan to decamp to a cottage in the grounds or their London apartment and give their paying guests the run of the place.
    — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • That explains why New Yorkers are decamping to the Catskills on the weekends in search of fresh air and no cell signal.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 23 July 2018
  • He was not believed to be in the complex when it was hit, having decamped to the south when the Israeli campaign began.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • In 2020, Swisher decamped for Washington, D.C., for a change of scenery.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Armies of workers decamped into the fields, fires raged and giant fans and helicopter blades whipped up the icy air.
    — Guy Collins, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2017
  • Faiyaz and his team decamped to the Dominican Republic in summer 2017 to work on it.
    — Sonaiya Kelley, latimes.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The band decamped to Guilford, Vermont to record the project, and gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album in a new short documentary.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
  • That might be one reason why Gunn has since decamped from Marvel to help run the rival DC universe.
    — Vulture, 4 May 2023
  • First the covid-19 pandemic prompted many from the Bay Area to decamp for their houses here, bringing the virus along with them in some cases.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The film centers around a group of rich 20-somethings who decamp to a regal estate to wait out a hurricane.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Perfect for families, a group of friends, or those looking to decamp to the mountain region for a longer stay.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 May 2022
  • The threat of another arrest — and possible jail time — forced her to decamp from the park, Thornton said.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Many decamped in search of a brighter future elsewhere, leaving their homes empty for decades.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Throughout the eight-episode season, a dozen contestants decamp to Nashville to work with the coaches.
    — Matthew Leimkuehler, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Another bright spot: Fifth Avenue, where the president lived before decamping for the White House.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • With all the predictions of end-times chaos and nearly every Parisian having decamped for Marseille or Puglia, that feels especially true this year.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024

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