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Example sentences for "rhinos"

Lexicographically close words:
rhinestone; rhinitis; rhino; rhinoceros; rhinoceroses; rhizome; rhizomes; rhizomorpha; rhizopods; rhodium
  1. Not 200 yards from my tent, I was startled by a snort and then by the sight of two rhinos dashing across my path some fifty yards away.

  2. The rhinos did, and my attention was recalled to them by hearing loud snorts, and, turning my head, I saw the two beasts on their feet facing me.

  3. The rhinos leapt to their feet and charged straight at me.

  4. My gun-bearer, as an explanation for his behavior, said that rhinos were devils, and were not to be approached closely.

  5. When these rhinos had quite disappeared, my faithful gun-bearer returned, and smilingly congratulated me on what he considered my good fortune.

  6. That an official shall be appointed to be known as the Inspector of Rhinos whose duty it shall be to examine the hobbles, numbers and flags of all Trail Rhinos, and to keep the same in due working order and repair.

  7. And, as a friend remarked, rhinos are such a mussy death.

  8. That these Trail Rhinos shall be suitably hobbled by short steel chains.

  9. I have come in at night with my eyes fairly aching from spying for rhinos during a day's journey through high grass.

  10. The two rhinos I never saw at all, although the beaters told me they had passed.

  11. On the 29th I went out, and was making for the foot of the mountain when I saw two rhinos under a tree about a mile and a half off.

  12. One day we counted twenty-six, another day nineteen, and by the time we left the district rhinos had become such fixtures in the landscape as to cause only casual comment.

  13. We took a dozen or more rhinos in this way, often approaching to within a few yards, and if there is any more exciting diversion I don't know what it is.

  14. Sometimes the whole party went out, either photographing charging rhinos or shooting, but this part of the daily program was usually too varied to generalize as part of the daily doings.

  15. Rhinos were everywhere jumping out from behind bushes when least expected and in many ways behaving in a most diverting way.

  16. Mr. Akeley had taken some close-range photographs of rhinos, and we were just on the point of starting direct for the new camp when we ran across two enormous rhinos standing in the open plain.

  17. When fifty yards from the rhinos I stopped, but as no offensive tactics were apparent in the camp of the enemy, I slowly walked forward to thirty-five yards.

  18. In all, we made between fifteen and twenty different attempts on different rhinos to get a charge, but with always practically the same result, yet with always the same thrill of excitement and uncertainty.

  19. In addition to the great numbers of rhinos there are big herds of buffalo, enormous numbers of hippo in the river, and many small droves of eland.

  20. Somewhere ahead were miles of thorn scrub in which there might be rhinos or buffaloes.

  21. If they had, they at once rose in my estimation; if not, no matter how many elephants or rhinos or buffaloes they may have shot, they still remained in the amateur class.

  22. Armed with a double-barreled cordite rifle and the comforting reflection that the chances were seven to one that the rhinos would not charge, I slowly advanced alone toward the two rhinos.

  23. Fortunately no more rhinos appeared and the next thing we struck was Thanksgiving Day.

  24. At five-thirty two rhinos blocked the path and one of them had to be shot.

  25. We thought all rhinos charged, as per the magazine articles, and so prepared for busy doings.

  26. The hippos crept off to collapse for the day While the rhinos and elephants got up to play.

  27. But the hippos were bathing in the shallowest pools, Thinking the rhinos and elephants fools.

  28. The rhinos were tired from the smoldering heat, So they laid down to sleep and they wiped off their feet.

  29. Rhinos are extraordinary animals, and not in any way to be depended upon.

  30. Owen scratched his head, Jack placed his foot on one of the beasts and then clambered on to the massive ribs, while Mulha looked at the rhinos thoughtfully.

  31. It was all right, of course, to kill those pigs and the deer; that was sport; while the killing of the rhinos was a matter of self-preservation.

  32. Those rhinos wanted to kill us, and we were forced to shoot them.


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