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Example sentences for "sevenscore"

Lexicographically close words:
seus; seven; sevenfold; sevenpence; sevens; seventeen; seventeenth; seventh; sevenths; seventies
  1. His laugh jars on one’s ear after sevenscore years.

  2. For eight days more aye sevenscore 'gainst sevenscore were set, And when the blood had flowed in streams, to utter madness urged Against the trenches of the Feinne their baffled army surged.

  3. It were well That Aildé should himself defy the king, and man to man With sevenscore 'gainst sevenscore contend before the van.

  4. These were followed by sevenscore archers clad in their bravest Lincoln green, and with their new bows unstrung in token of peace.

  5. Soon there came a company of yeomen with its leader, and another, and a third, and a fourth, till there were sevenscore yeomen in sight.

  6. But shall we let it be said that the Sheriff of Nottingham did cow bold Robin Hood and sevenscore as fair archers as are in all merry England?

  7. Then he clapped his horn to his lips and blew three blasts right loudly, and presently his good yeomen came running through the greenwood until sevenscore bold blades were gathered around him.

  8. Thou shalt live a merry life within the woodlands, and sevenscore good companions shalt thou have, one of whom is mine own self.

  9. His journey from London had been hard and long, and in a se'ennight he had traveled sevenscore and more of miles.

  10. No archer ever lived that could speed a gray goose shaft with such skill and cunning as his, nor were there ever such yeomen as the sevenscore merry men that roamed with him through the greenwood shades.

  11. Then the herald stood forth and loudly proclaimed the rules of the game as follows: "Shoot each man from yon mark, which is sevenscore yards and ten from the target.

  12. And he caused sevenscore and four countries to come unto him, and he complained to them himself of the grief that his sister endured.


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