Young Einar Eindridson, ever full of sport and play, had perched himself astride of the yardarm, and there, with his longbow and arrows shot at the seagulls as they flew by.
Then, as the stem of one of the Danish longships crashed into his vessel's stern, he dropped his longbow and caught up his spears, one in either hand, and hurled them into the midst of his clamouring foes.
But as soon as Olaf was out of the cabin Thorir rose, wakeful enough now that he was alone, and took from under him a longbow which he placed in the rack.
It was he who taught me to prize the longbow and arrow.
And poor Johnny Longbow who came with us so far, who in such an unselfish way gave up his own plans to aid Grandfather in the realization of his life's dearest dream, lies beneath the eternal snows.
Of one thing she was certain--if Johnny Longbow were free to come to them he would be at her side.
At the crest of that hill was a cabin, and in that cabin Johnny Longbow slept.
Johnny Longbow saw the light of that fire against the sky, but a hill lay between him and the river.
Though Johnny Longbow had seen the light of his good friend's fire, and she in turn had heard the noise of his battle with the bears, morning was destined to find them once more far apart.
The week that followed will linger long in the memory of Johnny Longbow and his smiling companion of the trail, for it was spring, and who could forget such an occasion?
Johnny Longbow was surprised and not a little frightened on seeing the hunchback close beside him.
Every mile that led away from this mountain seemed to lessen their hopes of ever seeing Johnny Longbow again.
His longbow leaned at the foot of the bed, and his steel cap was balanced on the top of it, while he himself, sitting in his shirt sleeves, fanned off the flies and scattered the fragrant herbs over his helpless master.
In it the English longbow was used to pierce French knights' armor.
They used the superior longbow against the French sailor's crossbow.
He never lowered his bow arm in all the shooting, but fitted each shaft with his longbow raised; yet all three of his arrows smote the center within easy distance of the black.
And many more famous men of the longbow were there, whose names have been handed down to us in goodly ballads of the olden time.
A score of brave shots were gathered there, and among them some of the keenest hands at the longbow in Lincoln and Nottinghamshire; and among them Little John stood taller than all the rest.
But now the time had come when those who were to shoot with the longbow were to take their places, so the people began flocking to the butts where the shooting was to be.
O for more men like Chang, the "Longbow of the Cavern!
As for Chang himself, it will be seen with what deadly effect he has been able to use the pen, in his hands a more formidable weapon than the longbow of his ancestor.
His name in full is Chang Chi-tung, meaning "Longbow of the Cavern," an allusion to a tradition that one of his ancestors was born in a cave and famed for archery.
Aunt Sonora and Mrs. Longbow had procured a couple of chairs, and the old lady seated herself, and took up her knitting.
Squire Longbow sincerely mourned the loss of his wife--internally and externally.
Squire Longbow was very sincere in his position which he had so confidently taken.
If Longbow even made a little law now and then, to fill a gap, it was well made, and the gap well filled.
It was the longest weed that had ever been mounted at Puddleford; but our readers must not forget who Squire Longbow was--a magistrate, and leading man in community.
Strongbow was like a new-tuned harpsichord; But Longbow wild as an AEolian harp, With which the winds of heaven can claim accord, And make a music, whether flat or sharp.
Kenric many times took up his longbow and sent his arrow shafts swiftly towards the heart of his enemy.
Over his back his longbow was slung beside his full arrow sheaf.
Promptly did Kenric thrust his sword between his knees and take his longbow from over his shoulder.
The cross-bow, it is true, was mostly in use, but the longbow was still much practised.
He was beginning to learn the value of the English longbow and the cloth-yard shaft in the field of battle.
The victory was due in large measure to the superiority of the English longbow over the crossbow used by the Genoese mercenaries; but it was also a victory of foot soldiers over horsemen.
What the longbow could effect, under proper management, had been experienced at Falkirk in 1298.
A tent was a dangerous place for secret conferences, and Hob Longbow could only growl, "As you will, Sir.
During the time of King Harry it was forbidden to practice with a longbow using a range less than a full furlong.
You can draw a longbow all the way back to your ear.
The English longbow drove the crossbow right out of Europe.
I've heard it said a longbow can pierce a four-inch-thick oak door.
In good truth," said more than one lady to Mistress Dale, "if thy husband can handle the longbow as skilfully as the harp, his rival has little show of winning!
She had shot a longbow for sport a few times in her life, with indifferent accuracy.
He was not experienced with the use of the longbow in battle, but what he had heard about its long range suggested that it might be very useful just now.
He had not known that the longbow could be fired again and again so quickly, much more quickly than the crossbow.
That eminent and more or less veracious traveller Captain Longbow has a great grievance with the public.
But it is a different matter when Captain Longbow informs us that "they had so placed themselves that there were" seven rows of four bears.
Captain Longbow put an end to the bear's meditations by shooting him, and afterwards impaling him, in the manner shown in the illustration, as the evidence for future travellers to which I have alluded.
The Longbow may be said to have gained the battles of Senlac, Crecy, and Agincourt, and so ranks as one of the most important of English weapons.
Unforeseen events, however, upset these schemes and hastened matters, even while Robin was perfecting himself in the use of the longbow under Warrenton and in the art of wrestling with little lithe Stuteley.
Robin, and he bade Warrenton and Stuteley to seize the man and deprive him of his longbow and quiver.
Swiftly he slipped an arrow across hislongbow and winged it after the flying beast.
A duello commenced of longbow against crossbow; and as the freebooters could deliver near a dozen shafts to each bolt, they more than held their own.
Once Warrenton was started on a dissertation on the virtues of the English longbow there was usually no staying him.
Warrenton and Master Ford of the foresters were at a renewed discussion on longbow against crossbow; and Will Stuteley had become so interested in the matter as to have poked his little horse between the others.
Jack Tiller; "Billy Longbow ain't in it with Mr. Mole at a yarn.
Billy Longbow had a monkey on board ship as used to mock the bos'en, and one day when he see the bos'en take out his rattan to larrup one of the powder monkeys, Jocko went for to give the bos'en one for hisself.
Now while they were engaged in listening to Sam Mason's Billy Longbow anecdote, they saw Mr. Mole come out of the deck saloon, where he had been dozing.
Billy Longbow told me a yarn once," said the irrepressible Sam Mason, "about a wooden-legged nigger.
Well, that's what Billy Longbow said--a hundred feet long.
Billy Longbow was the most truthful pal I ever had--out came his nether rattan.
A man can but do his best," answered Hubert; "but my grandsire drew a good longbow at Hastings, and I trust not to dishonor his memory.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longbow" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
