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Example sentences for "rallying"

Lexicographically close words:
raley; rall; rallied; rallies; rally; rals; raly; ram; ramal; ramble
  1. I know those royal features, which bear the lineaments of a long race of kings, and that voice have I heard, often, rallying the squadrons of Aragon, in their onsets against the Moor.

  2. Rallying her courage, however, the discourse was continued in the same manner as before.

  3. The unhorsing of a knight or two in the tourneys, and the rallying a broken squadron under a charge of the Infidel, counteth far more than years of sobriety, and weeks of penance and prayer.

  4. The alternative was a bold rallying of his forces, a sudden rush for the prize he had ventured so far to win.

  5. Bogota, the largest city of the republic, the center of its official life, became the rallying place for political malcontents.

  6. Trustworthy accounts say he was with Washington at the time, both engaged in rallying the troops; and this is quite likely: the place is only a little distance westward from the point to which Joseph Brown guided the general.

  7. We first discussed why the Army of the Loire had not arrived, and we came to the conclusion that it was engaged in rallying Bazaine.

  8. Its list is intended to include the most practical men of all parties; the rallying cry is to be France, and in theory its chiefs are supposed to be moderate Republicans.

  9. The rear square stood fast, and the officers by great exertion succeeded in rallying the fugitives under the cover it afforded.

  10. The Goorkhas had been thrown into momentary confusion, but their colonel promptly formed them into rallying squares, whose fire mowed down the ghazees and arrested the headlong vehemence of their turning movement.

  11. But under Ptolemy they found more than a shelter, they found a rallying point.

  12. The women beat the men at tug-of-war, but that was due to the widow's wooden leg being a rallying point for the battle.

  13. Rallying what courage I had left, I knelt down and kissed my sister, my poor sister.

  14. This was the great standard to be used for the rallying of all her host.

  15. Rallying her men, Jeanne charged, and swept back the enemy.

  16. Sound trump, and fife, and rallying drum; From every hill and valley come.

  17. Firm, united let us be, Rallying round our liberty, As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find.

  18. A considerable treasure thus obtained was sent back to Panama, where it had the desired effect of rallying new recruits for the conquest.

  19. Educated by a Protestant mother in the Protestant faith, he was for many years the rallying point and leader of the Huguenots.

  20. This was our first housekeeping; the first breakfast of our honeymoon I called it, rallying her.

  21. It became a rallying point for all true Germans, a subject of mutual congratulation to the Bavarian and the Westphalian, to the citizen of Frankfort, and to the citizen of Nuremberg.

  22. He received a dangerous wound, but refused to quit the field, and was in the act of rallying his broken troops, when an Austrian bullet terminated his chequered and eventful life.

  23. Scott, who was at this moment engaged in unspiking a gun, rushed to the front, and, rallying his men, sent the dusky warriors rapidly in retreat.

  24. Scott, in attempting to scale the bank, received a severe fall, but recovering himself and rallying his forces, he advanced up the bank and was met by the enemy's bayonets.

  25. Yeovil knew that the old lady was fighting her last battle, rallying the discouraged, and spurring on the backward.

  26. The Swedes were rallying in great numbers on the frontiers of Pomerania.

  27. The Protestants, who composed in most of the States a majority, were cordially rallying beneath the banners of Gustavus.

  28. Moreau ordered a change of front, and faced this new enemy, who fell upon him when he least expected them; he succeeded in rallying Grenier's troops and in re-establishing the battle.

  29. Being placed in an ark, which became a rallying centre, round which Moses used to assemble the elders of the families, these tables served as a sign of the Sinaitic Covenant.

  30. Towards the close of the judges' period, Shiloh once more became a general rallying point.

  31. The riots of the early part of the eighties affected the whole mental attitude of the Jews of Russia by rousing them to a greater consciousness of themselves and by rallying them around distinctly Jewish standards.

  32. Like the other two, he published his works in Zhitomir, which, on account of the Rabbinical school opened there in the forties, had come to be the rallying ground of all those who were advocating a progressive Judaism.

  33. By degrees her breathing became audible to his strained ear, and once a sigh, such as escapes a tired child, told that nature was rallying her physical forces, and that the tide was turning.

  34. While the Convention was preparing to perform the duties which were to end in nothing, Sinn Fein was engaged in the task of rallying the country to its side.

  35. Indeed, it became the governing idea in her domestic policy that her house should be the rallying centre for everything that was related in any degree to her children's life.

  36. And all day long she kept close beside Jack, chaffing him, laughing at him, rallying him on his solemn face and driving him half-mad with her gay witchery.

  37. The nobles had risen and were rallying round Marie; the Protestants were defying the state; but Luynes was impotent, and soon went to a dishonoured grave, leaving chaos behind him.

  38. By the proclamation a plan is presented which may be accepted by them as a rallying point, and which they are assured in advance will not be rejected here.

  39. In some States the elements for resumption seem ready for action, but remain inactive apparently for want of a rallying point--a plan of action.

  40. Of Scotland I have not quite so good news to tell you; as your namesake, here, brings us the tidings that the son of the Pretender has landed in that kingdom, and is rallying the clans.


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