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Example sentences for "sorely wounded"

  • Yet he is well for so sorely wounded a man.

  • Sorely wounded he was, and yet they would not do my bidding and make an end, but murmured at me.

  • We will tie him up like a sorely wounded man, and so get him shipped carefully and quietly with no questions asked.

  • Then came Erpwald, leaning, sorely wounded, on one of his men, and Owen spoke to him.

  • Some, sorely wounded, were struggling to rise again.

  • And with that blow was the army of the Moors vanquished, for King Fariz, feeling himself so sorely wounded, turned his reins and fled out of the field, even to Teruel.

  • Not far had he gone when he found Lambegus, sorely wounded, and had him borne to a place of shelter.

  • His luck was no better, for he was hurled to the ground with a sorely wounded side.

  • I beg you of your knighthood to help my brother, who lies near by sorely wounded, and never stops bleeding.

  • For he that killed my husband is sorely wounded himself, and I can promise him this, that he will never recover.

  • While he is here, Orlando and Rinaldo arrive with their sorely wounded friend, Oliver, whom they entrust to the hermit's care.

  • The next day all left the castle save Sir Paridell, who had been so sorely wounded by Britomart that he was forced to remain there for a while.

  • Once more Launcelot bore down all rivals, but he was so sorely wounded in the last encounter that he rode off without taking the prize.

  • But to this Sir Gareth said: "Not so, Lynette; for behold I am sorely wounded and I am all foul with the blood and dust and sweat of battle and so I will be refreshed and made clean ere I appear before that most fair lady your sister.

  • Thus they spake very cheerfully, for not one of those worthies knew that Sir Launcelot had been so sorely wounded in the battle he had fought.

  • Then when that reverend hermit beheld where Sir Launcelot lay in the litter, so sorely wounded, he came to him and felt of his heart.

  • Then after a while the good steed fell down upon his knees and rolled over into the dust; for he was so sorely wounded that he could no longer stand.

  • And Don Diego OrdoƱez, when he felt himself so sorely wounded, went against Rodrigo Arias and delivered him a blow upon the head which cut through the helmet and the hood of the mail, and entered into his head.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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