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Example sentences for "cavalryman"

Lexicographically close words:
cavaliers; cavalleros; cavallo; cavallos; cavalry; cavalrymen; cavass; cavate; cavatina; cave
  1. A cavalryman wearing a jaunty Belgian forage cap leaned from his saddle and looked earnestly at Guild.

  2. And the shepherd, Jean Pascal, tried to argue with the troopers about his sheep, but a cavalryman menaced him with his lance.

  3. The cavalryman on the rumble stood up, hung one of the lanterns to a white flag, and waved it slowly to and fro.

  4. He harbored a dim but dreadful picture of what might happen should the amiable cavalryman actually lose his temper.

  5. Driscoll was cavalryman to the bone, and it heartened him unaccountably to find his horse.

  6. From old guerrilla habit, the cavalryman noted all things as he rode.

  7. How plainly I can see General Custer and another cavalryman in the lead, when they dashed down the road as we were about to take the train for Richmond.

  8. Stuart, the most remarkable cavalryman of the Confederacy, and leave a gruesome token of its venturesome trip by a trail of decaying horseflesh and freshly made graves for considerably more than a hundred and fifty miles.

  9. As they finally broke through the Confederate line, a burly cavalryman slashed at him with his sabre.

  10. The affection of a gunner for the piece which he has manned and served in many a hard-fought battle is like that which a cavalryman has for his horse.

  11. His eyes were fixed on the officer, and he stood as firm as a statue until the cavalryman reached his men.

  12. The cavalryman promptly held up his hands and a minute afterward surrendered his gun and himself, while the remainder of the squad fled precipitately.

  13. It was not until the limp body had been gently placed on an extemporized stretcher, to wait for the ambulance, that the cavalryman turned to David Dawlish.

  14. The cavalryman regarded the dull gloom of the old pit dispassionately.

  15. A cavalryman was seen approaching, in a fast gallop, plainly, in a great hurry.

  16. Thankful for my life, I threw off my saber and my tight uniform-coat, gave my pistols to a cavalryman near by, and started in search of another horse.

  17. Then, good-by," said Morgan, and in a moment the cavalryman fell dead from his saddle.

  18. A Federal cavalryman related to me, since my escape, an unusual act for an enemy.

  19. It was clear to me that we could not leave Chattanooga in military garb, as we had entered it, for, without a pass, no cavalryman could leave the lines.

  20. A cavalryman went down the road marked with an arrow, and his horse has just come back without him.

  21. A cavalryman came in for a horse this morning, his having been killed in the night.

  22. The person was either a Union man or a Secessionist; and the young cavalryman thought the air he selected must give him some information on this delicate point.

  23. The cavalryman reined in his steed, and halted him with his head to a post in front of the dwelling.

  24. But the young cavalryman could not stop to listen long to them.

  25. But the young cavalryman waited to hear no more; and his horse went off at a dead run, the other two following him as rapidly as their steeds would permit, and he was several rods ahead of them.

  26. I only wanted to catch you by the hand, and shake it with right good will," replied Kipps, as he halted where the carbine and sabre of the young cavalryman were lying between his two feet.

  27. As the young cavalryman saw the lieutenant of the enemy directly in front of him, he drew his rein, as Ceph had been instructed; and the steed stood up on his hind-legs, Deck clinging with his wounded arm to his holsters.

  28. A message from Captain Truman," said the cavalryman as he did so.

  29. The young cavalryman had a full view of the valley into which the troop were descending; and as soon as they marched again he estimated, and even counted, the number of men.

  30. But the cavalryman did not halt till he reached the end of the fence, where he made a careful survey on the field of the expected combat.

  31. Major Vinegold was the bone and sinew of the fight on his own side; and when the young cavalryman saw him disengaged for the moment, he urged his horse forward to cross swords with the commander.

  32. You mean to say you know that cavalryman to be Charlie Bent?

  33. That other parents should have been pestered half to death as a result of this visitation any one who knows boys has not to be told, and many were the queries and complaints addressed to the laughing cavalryman upon that score.

  34. Cranston had a capital troop and was a born cavalryman who needed neither coach nor spur and there were others nearly as good as he, but each worked on his own system, whereas the doughboys pulled together.

  35. Surgeon General von Schmetter reported further the case of a cavalryman of the King's regiment who, like many others, had returned from Russia in an imbecile condition.

  36. It was learned that this cavalryman had been sent, together with other comrades, with dispatches to Murat; that these men had defended Murat with great bravery when he was in danger in the battle of Borodino.

  37. He is not a cavalryman like you," answered Salim; "he belongs to the heavy infantry.

  38. I'll follow them, but I must first find out what that cavalryman had to say to the Princess.

  39. Every cowboy and cavalryman felt and spoke strongly about Cal, but the best that could be obtained from a Chiricahua was, "Ugh!

  40. The cavalryman took it, but it was nothing more than a leathery cactus leaf, as wide as a stretched-out hand.

  41. The cavalryman slowly turned his head at the sound of her voice.

  42. Ailsa, on her knees, made her way toward a big cavalryman whose right leg was gone at the thigh.

  43. The cavalryman was dying; she saw it; he knew it.

  44. He had heard, as who had not, of the brilliant young Irishman whom Napoleon had called the first light cavalryman in Europe after Marengo.

  45. Just then a lone cavalryman passed the line on foot and with drawn sabre made his way towards the fort with the evident intention of capturing the whole business himself.

  46. He had been on post but a little while when a Federal cavalryman approached with a squad of convalescents captured at the hospital.

  47. The lady of the house was sitting on the porch and the cavalryman saluted her with the remark, "See what a fine Georgia "hoss" I have.

  48. Things had really become serious, and Diggs was in momentary danger of the ponderous saber, which the cavalryman flourished threateningly in the air as he came on like the wind.

  49. Again he glanced toward the cavalryman and saw him raise his deadly weapon.

  50. As he looked over his shoulder, he beheld a powerful cavalryman in full uniform, mounted on a horse black as midnight, in hot pursuit of him.

  51. The Confederate cavalryman evidently understood this, for, with a whack he sent his saber into the scabbard, and drew his pistol, without once slacking his speed.

  52. The old man put his ear to the ground to make sure that only one cavalryman was approaching; then he got ready.

  53. A burly man ran to his assistance; the cavalryman struck this man such a blow that it made tears spring in his eyes; then mounted and galloped off.

  54. The horse shied, the cavalryman jumped off and knocked him down.

  55. As fast as he struggled up, the cavalryman knocked him down again.

  56. It was late in the afternoon; I was alone in the office and hard at work finishing some long neglected business, when the door opened and my young cavalryman appeared.

  57. The young cavalryman quickly found him and scattered or captured the entire band.

  58. The cavalryman rode all day; but at night he had to care for both himself and horse.

  59. He would make his coffee, and sleep all night, while the cavalryman must scout, or picket front or flank.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cavalryman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    caballero; cavalier; cowboy; cowpuncher; dragoon; equestrian; gaucho; horseman; jockey; knight; puncher; rider; trooper; vaquero