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Example sentences for "jockeys"

Lexicographically close words:
jobless; jobs; jockey; jockeyed; jockeying; jockies; jocose; jocosely; jocosity; jocular
  1. The jockeys rushed forward, and, before Thaddeus could comprehend what was happening to him, they had already caught him; they ran towards the mansion and poured into the yard.

  2. We must arm the jockeys on the estate,” added the Count, “and summon the vassals from the village.

  3. Thither guided by the shapely Mephisto, and guarded by the team of jockeys and ballet girls, tripped Flo.

  4. And that was why you might have seen a Mephisto and a slender troubadour of lovely form, with mandolin flung across his shoulder, followed by a bevy of jockeys and ballet girls, laughing and singing as they swept down Rampart Street.

  5. We frequently see our jockeys reducing themselves to the extent of a stone and a half in the week.

  6. It is somewhat singular that the same property is attributed to garlic; and the Hungarian jockeys frequently tie a clove of it to their racers' bits, when the horses that run against them fall back the moment they breathe the offensive odour.

  7. A view of that portion of the racing-ground where the jockeys are about to mount.

  8. The Major soon saw he could do no good, so he rode out of the crowd, mentally determining that the jockeys might, if they could, clear the course for themselves.

  9. The weighing was now accomplished, and jockeys mounted.

  10. The bugle blared, the jockeys were flung into the saddles and the parade began.

  11. Between Engle and his gang after me, and the jockeys after Mose, we got our hands full.

  12. The saddling bell rang, and the jockeys trooped into the paddock, followed by the roustabouts with the tackle.

  13. Them Irish jockeys had a story all cooked to tell.

  14. Nine horses were lined up at the barrier, and at least six of the jockeys were manoeuvring for a flying start.

  15. He says the other jockeys fight him all the way round the track.

  16. Their jockeys act like somebody's told 'em there's an open season on my hosses.

  17. And we've got to figure that the change of jockeys would make a difference; this Jones is a better boy than Duval is used to.

  18. The other jockeys dressed in the jockeys' room at the paddock inclosure, but Mose found it pleasanter to don the silks in the tack room of Old Man Curry's barn, which also served him as a sleeping apartment.

  19. False starts were repeatedly made, and the impatient jockeys had to come back and begin again.

  20. As the horses were paraded past the Grand Stand, and their gayly decked black jockeys acknowledged the waving hands and applause of the ladies to their favorites in the race, Polly turned to Eleanor and said: "Dear me, I wish I could bet!

  21. The jockeys in purple and gold, green and red, pink and violet, and other combinations of colors, sat humped over their mounts and urged them to the utmost.

  22. The long red tape from their necks swum in the breeze, and the feathers in their jockeys fluttered in the breeze, and other things (tew muteh to menshun) fluttered in the breeze.

  23. As to the outrider, the two jockeys and the prince, it was evident that they were all in a state of perfect security, and would fall quietly into the trap.

  24. The jockeys on the backs of the horses knew what the ringing of the bell meant.

  25. But when the jockeys heard the ringing of the bell they knew it was a false start and they pulled in their steeds and some turned back.

  26. So the rocking-horse went and fetched the shavings, and the jockeys set fire to them.

  27. The jockey put the Sky-born Snorter in the stable, and then went to get his white buffalo; and while he was gone, the other jockeys came into the stable to see the new horse.

  28. Did you never hear of Quin's celebrated steed, which became so eager to win, that when his antagonist passed he seized him violently by the leg, and both jockeys had to dismount that the furious animal might be torn away.

  29. He watched the horses climb the hill, the colours of the jockeys made brilliant blots against the blue sky.

  30. Broad-backed parti-coloured jockeys are seen converging that way, and the betting-men close in, getting more and more clamorous for odds.

  31. And "Father Bill" Daly ought to know above all others, for he has trained more famous jockeys than any other man in America.

  32. Garrison, alone in the world since he had run away from his home years ago, had no owner as most jockeys have, and Crimmins had filled the position of mentor.

  33. Alcohol has such a direct influence upon the arrest of development that in England jockeys are produced by making the lads drink a great deal of alcohol.

  34. Here they come; the jockeys in their distinguishing colours, trying their horses in a brisk canter, after having been weighed in the paddock.

  35. The best-known jockeys are nearly all the children of English parents, and have first seen the light in the little colony at Chantilly or else have been brought very young into France.


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