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Example sentences for "drove them"

  • Jones' company, drove them pell-mell into the town.

  • He attacked as soon as he came upon the enemy, drove them, and although three several stands were made, his advance was never seriously checked.

  • Two or three days after this, the enemy moved out from Carthage, so far as New Middleton, ten miles from Alexandria, where General Wheeler attacked them and drove them back to Carthage.

  • Sheridan opened fire at once on them, drove them away, and occupied the ford.

  • Cruft charged on them, drove them in all directions out of these works in full retreat.

  • Pushing forward at once with the force under his immediate command, Nelson attacked the enemy, and after a brisk engagement, lasting over an hour, routed them from their cover and drove them in full retreat.

  • These speeches so incensed Alexander, that after he had given them a great deal of reproachful language in his passion, he drove them away, and committed the watch to Persians, out of whom he chose his guards and attendants.

  • With stinging reproaches he again got his men to advance, and sweeping over the enemy's entrenchments, he drove them in rout and captured their camp.

  • Madibbo now sent forward his Bazingers to attack us; but after a short struggle we drove them back, and darkness coming on, all firing ceased.

  • At noon we were attacked by some Rizighat horsemen who had been joined by some Maalia; but by God's help, who forsakes not those in distress and danger, we drove them off, killing a few horses and men.

  • These, when they saw the Romans entering by the breaches, drove them back, so that they were entangled among the rubbish, and with difficulty could effect a retreat.

  • Forth from the fleet he drove them, quench'd the flames, And rescued half the ship.

  • All the people of the town who had such animals drove them down to the church to be blessed and to get a barley wafer.

  • This man and one of his neighbors had bought a drove of geese, drove them to Iowa, and traded them for steers.

  • In the spring, he drove them to Milwaukee.

  • They bought several hundred cattle and drove them back to Illinois, reaching Moweaqua in July of the next year.

  • But, anticipating trouble, Key had procured a revolver which one of the Pilgrims had brought in in his knapsack and drawing this he drove them off, but without firing a shot.

  • They had some breastworks on a ridge in front of us, and we had a pretty sharp fight before we drove them off.

  • Some of them tried to fly wide and climb while the Trichords were busy with the remainder; but one or other of the two leaped out after them, hoicked up above them, drove them lower, or shot them down, in repeated dives.

  • Let any of their formations dive on our gun-spotters, and before they had well come into action down plunged our scouts after them, engaged them fiercely, drove them off, or drew them away in desperate defensive fighting.

  • The ground was alive with running, scrambling grey figures, until the bullets pelting amongst them cut them down or drove them headlong to cover again.

  • Hostilities having thus commenced, the cavalry were advanced in extended order, and with a couple of rounds of shrapnel from the guns, drove them off.

  • From this position they were quickly driven, and the General bringing two of the guns under Lieutenant Field to bear on the rocks, drove them out of that one also, the shells falling among them with wonderful precision.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cold water; copper coin; devolved upon; drove along; drove away; drove back; drove down; drove them; drove through; each cake; gold medal; heat slowly; intimate knowledge; literary club; many works; mere human; merry time; modern astronomy; party state; port towns; quite evident; read thus; special sense; what hour; while the; you intend