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Example sentences for "rode forward"

  • Receiving a note from General Hooker, asking help, I rode forward to Ringgold to explain the movement of Howard; where I met General Grant, and learned that the rebels had again retreated toward Dalton.

  • So I rode forward to Ringgold in person, and found the enemy had already fallen back to Tunnel Hill.

  • We rode forward as fast as the rugged nature of the ground would allow, prepared at any moment to wheel round and gallop back should we catch sight of the savages.

  • After some time the overseer again rode forward.

  • My father and Uncle Denis, who had mounted their horses, rode forward, telling us to keep shouting, that they might find us again.

  • Then they heard the note of a bugle in front of them and Jackson with his staff rode forward near a little church called Walnut Grove, where Lee and his staff sat on their horses waiting.

  • Recovering from his indecision he rode forward a little and called: "Who are you?

  • The encounter had been too swift and short to cause great loss, but all the stores were saved and Captain Sherburne and Captain McGee rode forward to salute their commander.

  • Lasley, a boy no older than Harry, rode forward a dozen yards in front of the troop, put his bugle to his lips and blew a soft, warning call.

  • I rode forward, or rather back, to where the middle road intersects the north road, and found the skirmishers of Carr's division just coming in.

  • I rode forward, and saw it puffing along.

  • But when I got on a high hill overlooking the Plains, instead of meeting his rear-guard, when I rode forward to reconnoitre, I saw his advance, that had just got to the forks.

  • One of the most famous of my men--Dick Moran--rode forward as a herald of victory.

  • These, as he rode forward to the door, could be heard whispering to one another that phrase that had lately become of almost cabalistic import--the black horseman!

  • He gazed upon the window as he rode forward.

  • The massive door of the old mansion was standing open, as he rode forward to it.

  • Anon he rode forward again, for that sound made him shudder.

  • We rode forward to get out of their way as they looked very much inclined to charge us.

  • He rode forward cautiously, being in no way desirous of disturbing the brute.

  • Disgusted with his vain attempt to get an explanation, he rode forward to see for himself.

  • Hopalong and Tex, enjoying that friendship that sets no embarrassment on silence, rode forward side by side when the trail permitted it, grim, relentless, dogged.

  • Like older babies, the next best food for premature babies is the properly modified cow's milk, but the utmost care will have to be observed, as these babies are more easily upset than older and stronger ones.

  • Also babies are often made restless or sleepless by taking beef juice.

  • Dietetic Treatment~ in the majority of infectious diseases may be divided into three periods: Starvation, Fluid Diet, and Convalescent Diet.

  • Fully assured of this, I rode forward at a more rapid rate.

  • I rode forward, therefore, directing my horse along the edge of the chasm.

  • Then in company with the two strangers, he rode forward to overtake our wagon, and we saw nothing more of him until we reached camp that evening.

  • The cattle pointed us to the location of the quarry as we rode forward.

  • When Flood's attention was directed to the smoke, he rode forward to ascertain the cause, and returned worse baffled than I ever saw him.

  • We did not check the herd or turn out of the trail, but when the lead came within a few hundred yards of the Indians, one buck, evidently the chief of the band, rode forward a few rods and held up one hand, as if commanding a halt.

  • To this end Wells aided me but little, for he rode forward in stern silence, completely absorbed in his own thoughts.

  • Some of the little tots' faces captivated me with their expression of wide-eyed wonder, and I rode forward to speak with them; for love of children is always in my heart.

  • A number of us rode forward in clear view of the impending meeting.

  • Groping at his idea, I rode forward, and as the papers were being returned with a mere glance on the part of the quarantine leader, I politely asked if I might see the assignment of the original contract.

  • We rode forward, the troop closed up in close formation about the two vehicles, and the general tension rose to that of rigidity.

  • As we might have risked discovery by further delay, we rode forward; Domingo, armed to the teeth, following us.

  • Great as was our anxiety, we by turns got some sleep; and at dawn, again mounting, we rode forward.

  • But just then we saw the general approaching, so we rode forward to meet him.

  • Eager to ascertain the worst, we rode forward, and, fording the stream, made our way over a mass of ruins which filled the ditch, into the interior.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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