At first the progress of this inundation was at the pace of three miles in 24 hours, but afterwards scarcely a furlong in a day.
The lake where the canoe now crossed was no more than a furlong in width, and Larry veered as near to the beginning of the gorge as was safe, for by so doing he effected considerable gain.
The place for which the two were searching was found within a furlong of where Larry Murphy, with the assistance of his companion, leaped the day before.
The circuit was a furlong in length, the trail coming back to within a few rods of the first turn.
He could not drive to the spot, for from here, for a furlong or so, the road was in ribbons.
The lovely lady, Christabel, Whom her father loves so well, What makes her in the wood so late, A furlong from the castle gate?
At day-break on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door.
When they had refreshed themselves with food, they lay down to sleep upon skins near a small camp-fire, which they built about half a furlong from the road.
In spite of these reasonable suppositions they returned to the willow-tree, but neither there nor for a furlong around did they discover anything.
For upwards of a furlong off the edge of the flats the breakers were ruling their parallel lines of white.
And so, with every furlong of the forced journey, he died a fresh death.
With James McMurrough, who was still a furlong away, were the two O'Beirnes.
A furlong from the road, his way led through a thick copse.
All three were driving, Ben Ali and Blue Wing were head and head at the furlong pole, Free Knight a half length behind.
Nearing the three furlong pole Dominant gave it up and then Loftus called on George Smith.
Joe Morris was first to show and Donau next, then Boola Boola and Gallant Pirate, Fighting Bob fifth, John Furlong sixth and Topland last.
At thefurlong pole Paul Jones met his sternest test.
Joe Morris was here two lengths in front of John Furlong and Topland, they on nearly even terms, with Fighting Bob two lengths back of them, a length in front of Boola Boola and Gallant Pirate a neck apart.
Ten Point and Foundation were struggling gamely for the place at the last furlong post when the colt seemed to bore over a trifle.
On they came past the furlong pole, and still the blazed face would not be dislodged.
So she begged Mr. Furlongto remain with her and tell her about the cadet hops.
Now, state what you said, Mr. Dennison," requested Furlong coldly.
Furlong had asked the pleasure of a dance with Laura's mother, but Mrs. Bentley, with instinctive tact, realized that the older women did not often dance at cadet hops.
Furlong and Dunstan tapped on the Prescott-Holmes door, and, as they did so.
Anstey, as he finally entered the tent of Furlongand his bunkies.
In the subdivision where Furlong lived there was an empty room up on the plebe floor.
Now, Dodge, from having tried to visit Furlong the night before, knew that the young man had returned from the hop, for he had seenFurlong go into his tent shortly after ten.
Now before he had gone far, be entered into a very narrow passage, which was about a furlong off of the porter's lodge; and looking very narrowly before him as he went, he espied two lions in the way.
The nearest mine to the Blue Poppy was the Silver Queen, situated several hundred feet above it in altitude and less than a furlong away.
A furlong more, then Fairchild went to his knees that he might use the snow for a better background.
A mumbling curse and he went on, his cautious gait discarded, walking briskly along the rutty, boulder-strewn road toward a gaping hole in the hill, hardly a furlong away.
It appears to have stood upon a hill, which Pococke describes as being about half a mile in length and a furlong broad.
He had been hard put to it to refrain from leaving the ranks of his drilling company, a furlong from the rocks, and running at record speed toward the boulders.
As Bruce moved forward, a big rock shut her off from his view and from the view of the hamlet and of the maneuvering infantry company a furlong away.
The furlong or long "furrow" is the distance which a team of oxen can plough conveniently without stopping to rest.
Hence the most convenient unit of land for arable purposes was a furlong in length and a perch or pole in width.
In a moment he was out of sight to that demon of the axe, and gliding, with his head bent low, along a little hollow of the heathery ground, which cut off a bend of the ravine, and again struck its brink a good furlong down the gill.
Taking order of battle immediately, they advanced forward to meet the assailants when within a furlong of their line.
The tent was not established at the landing where it was pitched the first night, but on the edge of the prairie, a furlong distant, and within a stone's throw of the spring.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "furlong" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
