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Example sentences for "amble"

Lexicographically close words:
ambitions; ambitious; ambitiously; ambivalence; ambivalent; ambled; ambles; ambling; ambo; ambon
  1. But he, that never good nor manners knew, 2 Her sharp rebuke full little did esteem; full > very, exceedingly 3 Hard is to teach an old horse amble true.

  2. But he, that neuer good nor maners knew, 2 Her sharpe rebuke full litle did esteeme; Hard is to teach an old horse amble trew.

  3. It is scarcely worth while in the East to try to teach a horse to amble or rack if he does not naturally do so, though it can often be done.

  4. Some amblers are slow walkers, but the five-mile amble takes the place of the rapid walk, and is often more agreeable.

  5. Some horses, who trot squarely, will go naturally from a walk into a little amble or pace, which is sometimes called a "shuffle.

  6. This is no common amble or bumping pace, but the true four beat rack.

  7. I'll amble down and see what's behind the hill.

  8. Let's picket the broncs, amble down to the spring, and smoke a cigaret.

  9. Well, git your plug, and we'll amble along together.

  10. Well,' says I, 'then Percy and me'll just amble back together the way we come.

  11. Ali Partab, reining from an amble to a walk and watching half-reverently.

  12. Jan would amble amiably forward, right up to the stranger's feet, with head upheld for a caress.

  13. The round trot of the Nuthill horses--and they frequently did the trip to the station in twenty-five minutes--was no more than a comfortable amble for Finn.

  14. If you'll climb off my mid-section, I'll amble back there with you.

  15. I think I'll amble down the beach and explore," he announced.

  16. The indigène's mule will amble along over a desert track fourteen or sixteen hours out of the twenty-four, carrying his human burden in the characteristic Arab saddle known as a borda, and scarcely seeming to feel the weight.

  17. One aspect of the life at Oran which one does not remark elsewhere is the numbers of Moroccans who slowly amble up and down, doing nothing, and living apparently in some mysterious fashion.

  18. Once in awhile an Italian or a Spaniard or a Frenchman wants a horse for a carrousel and not for an amble in the Bois, which is his idea of doing as they do in London.

  19. The air once again attained a seasonal crispness which beckoned us to bask in the sun or amble amongst the woodland's profusion of color.

  20. Usually taking a left turn out of my room, I would amble down the hall to contemplate the vast selection of cold sandwiches, snacks and candy which could be had simply through feeding one's pocket change into the coin slots.

  21. If, by chance, you want to go to 27 subida and you amble on to 29, it takes you hours to go bajado and get back to subida again, going round in a cercle vicieux.

  22. Maître Courtin continued his way; but his curiosity was greater than ever, and he felt he could not wait till the amble of his steed took him to Machecoul before satisfying it.

  23. Then he started to amble down the Lone Little Path to look for some beetles.

  24. But Jimmy Skunk did amble down the Crooked Little Path, he did look for beetles, and he did pull over that big piece of bark.

  25. She began to amble towards the gate, not mincingly as before, but with a freer and fuller stride.

  26. With an air of demure abstraction she permitted me to mount her, and even for a hundred yards or so indulged in a mincing maidenly amble that was not without a touch of coquetry.

  27. The usual pace of the sure-footed mule is three miles an hour, but when the road is level, the amble is increased to five, and the pedestrians of the party still continue to retain their place.

  28. The first impulse of an ordinary woman would have been to reproach and scold; but Mrs. Amble succumbed only to the first impulse.

  29. Mrs. Amble kept down those sentiments which her vernacular might have expressed.

  30. Mrs. Amble remained in suspense between the two.

  31. Abraham Amble had been lord of his wife in the water, but his innings was over.

  32. I ha vou'd to lie with you to night: Device, Amble before and find the parson out; We will bee friends and thou shalt be her father.

  33. But he is apt to grow didactic, and tax the reader's patience; and there is often a want of coherence in his sentences, which amble down the page in a series of loosely-linked clauses.

  34. The effect of causing them to climb their horses and amble off down the country," he returned.

  35. There's likely a number of things you do every day back your way, but that doesn't signify that I could amble back there and perform as well as you.

  36. We rode on past 'em as soon as we decided to amble along.

  37. Go around the scented meadows, Amble through the milky pastures, From the tones of bells and shepherds.

  38. We then rode down the stream to the path and put our horses at a sharp amble in the direction from which the Indians had just arrived.

  39. The short rest had done the cattle good, and they hastened in a quick amble across the prairie, which was already beginning to be adorned with its spring beauty.

  40. Pahajuka and his squaw trotted in front of us on their capital mules, while Tahtoweja kept her stag-like little pony at an amble by my side, and took all possible trouble to keep up a conversation with me by means of signs.

  41. This is a peculiar gait, not easily described, in which the horse appears to trot with one pair of legs and amble with the other, the gait being so mixed up between an amble and a defective trot as to render it almost a nondescript.

  42. This is an artificial gait, and one to which the horse must usually be trained; though some horses whose ancestors have been forced to travel in this gait, have themselves been known to amble without any training.

  43. The natural paces of the horse are the walk, trot, and the gallop; to them are added by man the canter, and sometimes the amble and the run.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amble" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    airing; amble; barge; bundle; canter; clump; constitutional; crawl; creep; drag; drift; droop; flounce; foot; frisk; gait; gallop; hack; halt; hike; hitch; hobble; hop; idle; inch; jaunt; jolt; jump; laze; limp; linger; lope; lumber; lunge; lurch; march; meander; mill; mince; mope; mosey; mount; muck; mush; pace; paddle; parade; peg; plod; poke; prance; promenade; rack; ramble; roam; roll; saunter; scuffle; scuttle; shamble; shuffle; sidle; skip; slink; slither; slouch; slowness; stagger; stalk; stamp; step; stomp; straddle; straggle; stretch; stride; stroll; strut; stump; swagger; swing; toddle; totter; tramp; tread; trip; trot; trudge; turn; velocity; waddle; walk; wander; wiggle; wobble; worm