If the coldness of the water cramps the man that drags the pelota, so that he is disenabled from swimming, and would otherwise be drowned, he will be carried safely along with the pelota to the opposite bank, by the force of the waves.
If rivers of a wider channel and a more rapid stream are to be crossed, the swimmer holds the tail of the horse, which swims before, with one hand, to support himself, and drags the pelota with the other.
Pelota is popular in most Spanish towns and villages, and one frequently sees notices on church walls to the effect that it is forbidden to play pelota against them.
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Pelota is played in large glass-roofed buildings, one side of which is devoted in all its breadth to the asphalt court.
The betting counters were jammed by the owners of winning tickets, the men behind the bar were, in their own way, as active as the pelota players.
Pelota is a hard, fast game, and sometimes serious injuries result from playing it.
We, the undersigned, are the recognized champions of pelota Basque.
Pelota Basque has its home in the Basque country, both in the French and Spanish provinces, and the finest players ofpelota come from here.
Pelota Basque is played in various parts of Spain, as well as pelota which is played with the three walls and the open hand, and thus the two games are found in the same country at the same time, though differing to no small extent.
It is the hour when the games are to begin, the dances, the pelota and the fandango.
They are the great players of the country, the fine flower of the lithe and the strong; it is for the pelota game of the afternoon that they are consulting, and they make a sign to Ramuntcho who pensively comes to them.
They played, in the beautiful twilight, until the hour when the first bats appeared, until the hour when the flying pelota could hardly be seen in the air.
Arrochkoa had been there for a long time, with the wicker glove at his arm, throwing alone the pelota which, from time to time, children picked up for him.
Smuggler and pelota player,--two things which go well together and which are essentially Basque.
Ramuntcho goes to the cider mill which the smugglers and pelota players frequent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pelota" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: checkers; chess; game; sport
