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Example sentences for "inspan"

Lexicographically close words:
insolvents; insomnia; insomuch; insouciance; insouciant; inspanned; inspanning; inspect; inspected; inspecting
  1. Stephanus always let them rest in the heat of the day; in the evening he would inspan and then push on through the cool hours of the night.

  2. Aletta, I have told them to inspan the wagon and start.

  3. It was arranged to inspan the waggon, and bring it round the best way we could through the forest to as near the dead giraffe as possible.

  4. Many a time he implored them to inspan and leave the place; but each time they cried him down.

  5. Mouti," said John to the Zulu, who was lounging about in a way characteristic of that intelligent but unindustrious race, "inspan the horses.

  6. At dawn next morning we were not sorry to inspan and trek; and, following the old wagon-spoor, we pushed on, determined if possible to get to the bottom of the affair.

  7. Well, he trekked in an hour--my boys helped him to inspan the oxen--and we never saw him again.

  8. Then I had him untied, and let him go, and bade him inspan and trek at once before worse happened.

  9. I gave directions that the messenger and his men should be fed, and then had Sibijaan inspan the six mules and prepare the wagonette for the trip.

  10. Our camp at the top of the hill was about three miles from Mbabane, and I ordered Sibijaan to inspan and start on again at five o'clock.

  11. My wives then saw them inspan the waggon and take everything away.

  12. The column of waggons extended for five miles, and it took the officers in charge all their time and the services of three horses each during the day to supervise its progress from inspan till outspan.

  13. I've had to drive the bullocks, and inspan and outspan all by myself.

  14. You say diamont again, I gall my poys, und inspan und go away.

  15. There was no time to inspan the oxen, and even if there had been, stiff and weary as the beasts were, we should be overtaken before we had gone a hundred yards on that bad road.

  16. So the Baas Anscombe set to work to inspan the horses, the Missie Heda helping him, while I packed the things.

  17. Then I went to inspan the horses with the idea of following you, only to find that they were gone.

  18. Inspan your horses, Macumazahn, for I have done my business and am ready to start.

  19. When Jim helped me to inspan Sam's waggon, he did it to an accompaniment of Zulu imprecations which only a Zulu could properly appreciate.

  20. I told him to inspan and not talk so much, and moved round to the other side of the waggon.

  21. If Ndala is not content, tell him I'll inspan the waggon again and trek out of his country and go into some other veldt, where elephants are at least as plentiful and chiefs more accommodating.

  22. He could inspan and outspan oxen, and was already master of other useful veldt wrinkles, which usually take some time to acquire.

  23. You just inspan those boxes, and we'll send for them after breakfast.

  24. There's four more in the van; inspan the lot till we send in for them, will you?

  25. We'll inspan the best detective in town, and take him with us to Dieppe, and never leave him till we get at the truth.

  26. He immediately ordered his men to inspan and saddle their horses.

  27. The laager had now to inspan hurriedly and trek, while a number of burghers hastened away in the direction of the town to oppose the English should they advance.

  28. We had then to inspan again, and were ordered to go to a Kaffir kraal at Graspan, in the vicinity.

  29. I want to inspan and take one of the waggons to fetch Peter Dance.

  30. Do you think you could inspan some of the bullocks and drag one of the waggons here?

  31. Gholab, inspan the cattle over by those posts.

  32. I at once ordered the burghers to up-saddle, and to inspan the ten waggons we had with us laden with ammunition and flour.

  33. Two days' trek from Pretoria she was missed at inspan time.

  34. They're going to inspan at eleven and you'd better get a good sleep before the wagon starts creaking and jolting.

  35. Then orders were given to inspan and the trek was resumed.

  36. We inspan at daybreak, and trek on till about ten or eleven.

  37. Now we'd better make coffee, and be all ready to inspan as soon as the mist lifts.

  38. Would it not be best to inspan quietly, and trek right away out of the country?


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inspan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.