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Example sentences for "dead horses"

  • The number of dead horses on the wayside increases daily, every slough across the path is marked by a dead horse or mule.

  • The eldest Cecil reported a distinct smell of dead horses at the obelisk in the forest.

  • The local inn was reopened with cheers, and in spite of the fact that there were two dead horses, very evil-smelling, just outside, we had drinks all round.

  • Just as the sun was setting we toiled out of Chézy on to an upland of cornfields, speckled with grey patches of dead men and reddish-brown patches of dead horses.

  • Dead horses in dozens along the way lay close to the wheel track.

  • Dozens of dead horses, scattered about, offended the eye and polluted the air.

  • I found great difficulty in picking my way through the square, past shell-holes, piles of paving blocks, and heaps of dead horses.

  • If, however, assuming that they were, we use the same ratio of dead horses to inhabitants as was discussed with respect to the Hoyima, these villages should have contained 2,500 persons.

  • He found no one at the rancheria mentioned but went on 2 leagues to another rancheria, likewise deserted but containing the carcasses of 100 dead horses, which had been slaughtered and were about to be eaten.

  • From Tape to Cheneches inclusive they saw 500 dead horses.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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