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Example sentences for "patroling"

Lexicographically close words:
patristic; patro; patrol; patrole; patroles; patrolled; patroller; patrollers; patrolling; patrolman
  1. Later on that kind of patroling was given up or only resorted to in urgent cases, and only such men were employed who were free of wounds.

  2. German and French troops were always patroling the road from six o'clock at night till the morning.

  3. Each set will march back and forth from opposite ends of their stations, patroling their beats.

  4. They had been patroling the deck for the last hour.

  5. Tennessee River, patroling it for several miles below Decatur.

  6. Why, take it out west, I have a friend who told me that he often travels hundreds of miles on horseback, with pack ponies carrying his camping outfit, patroling the border on the lookout for smugglers.

  7. And it is practically impossible for an inspector patroling the border to be on the lookout for the craft of the air.

  8. Further, Tipton has been directed to hold the troops at this post ready for work in patroling the frontier.

  9. The Navy can keep on patroling even while two-thirds of a crew are in their berths enjoying sweet sleep until the moment for action comes.

  10. A corporal and three men would then patrol along the easterly end of the line, Hal and the few remaining men of his command patroling the western end of the line.

  11. This boat is a government prize, and I propose to use her, for to-night at least, for the patroling of the river at this point.

  12. There was but one man stirring, and that was old Mr. Bailey, who devoted a wakeful half-hour to patroling his premises with his revolver in his hand.

  13. Being on the watch he knew when the fire in town broke out, and believing that Bud Goble was at work, he began patroling his store with his revolver in his hand, ready to give the incendiaries a warm reception if they came near him.

  14. These being missed by the patroling officer, his suspicions that an enemy was near were awakened, and he hastened to the tent of Wayne.

  15. On one occasion, a patroling party of the Rangers approached Frankford undiscovered by an American sentinel at the bridge.

  16. Here they found, to their great delight, that a Federal blockading squadron was patroling on the Gulf, near the mouth of Apalachicola Bay.

  17. New Orleans is in the hands of the North, and many of our vessels must be patroling the Gulf.

  18. The rest of the party, among whom were George Knight and Jenks, tore into the front part of the yard, where four guards were patroling near the main door of the jail.

  19. But there were comparatively few of these, for the bulk of the American fleet had been sent abroad to reinforce the British grand fleet patroling the North Sea.

  20. Before any of the patroling vessels could reach the scene, however, the U-Boat had submerged and fled.

  21. The off-coast waters are mined, and American warships are patroling the regular channels of navigation.

  22. This force, as it developed, was instrumental in patroling and directing the movements of detached craft in both directions, and relieved Admiral Keyes of all anxiety on that score.

  23. A motor-car with armed men in it passed him, and presently repassed, evidently patroling the road; its lights showed him a man with a gun standing at the first bend of the road to the east.

  24. The motor-car, evidently, was patroling only to this point; another car was on duty beyond this.


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