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Example sentences for "ride upon"

  • And he provided him with a fine horse, such as a knight who was to go errant might well care to ride upon.

  • And when I requested admission to the castle, she denied me entrance thereunto, and when I besought her for to lend me a horse to ride upon my way, she gave me instead a white mule for to bear me thence.

  • Now prythee tell us why you did such a thing as that when you might easily have got a fresh horse for to ride upon if you had chosen to do so.

  • Then those esquires of the lake armed Sir Gawaine and brought him forth from the pavilion, and Sir Gawaine beheld a noble and lordly war-horse caparisoned in all ways, and in all ways fitting for a Knight Royal to ride upon.

  • This is a sign of the highest honour and esteem, as no person may have an elephant, or ride upon one, but those whom the king is pleased to honour with that privilege.

  • On this occasion, the scrivano offered him his own mule to ride upon, which he thankfully accepted.

  • One boy confessed that he would willingly have sold himself to the devil, if he could have raised him, for a good dinner and cakes every day of his life, and a pony to ride upon.

  • If you are a casual traveler and upon your first visit to the Mississippi valley, you will make a mental reservation to ride upon one of the old boats before you leave St. Louis.

  • There are newer cities and showier within the radius of a single night's ride upon a fast train.

  • He was merely saying in his gentle insistent way that five cents was too much for a man to pay to ride upon a street car.

  • And they all cried together: [Illustration: They threw their garments upon the ground for Jesus to ride upon] "Hosanna to the son of David!

  • Then all the disciples and a very great multitude threw their garments upon the ground for Jesus to ride upon.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ride upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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