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Example sentences for "strong party"

  • Illustration: They saw a strong party of the enemy crossing the road.

  • Colonel Burroughs arrived with a strong party, and Lisle and Hallett prepared to go up again.

  • They saw a strong party of the enemy crossing the road.

  • In the west of England the king had a strong party.

  • On the 16th a strong party of horse was despatched under Colonel Harrison to remove the king to Windsor Castle.

  • Mr. Hardy took the nozzle and while the men, now a strong party, worked at the stores, directed a stream of water upon the flames.

  • The watch have come in with news that a strong party of the Malays are approaching by the forest path, out beyond the campong.

  • Directly after there was the light of a lantern showing through the trees, shouts were heard and answered by the sentry, and a strong party of the men, led by Captain Down and Archie, surrounded them.

  • No, sir, not quite; but I feel man enough to start to-night as one of a strong party to go and rescue Minnie Heath, even if we die in doing the good work.

  • In the meantime a strong party of police had arrived from Durham at the Professor's house, and, under the guidance of the old shepherd, started across the moors for the spot at which the strange aeroplane had been seen.

  • There is a strong party in Galdavia which professes to object to the manner in which John was called to the throne.

  • A strong party of police, Cummings added, had left at once for the spot where the aeroplane had been seen, taking the shepherd with them as guide.

  • He then burst open the doors of a corner-house to the west of the open space, took possession of it, and posting a strong party of his men on the flat roof drove off by a well-directed fire all the men on the neighbouring azoteas.

  • At the same time Don Carlos Evana, with a drawn sabre in his hand, at the head of a strong party of armed citizens, entered the fort by a postern gate, and placed himself and his followers at the orders of the Viceroy.

  • And now I must begin by telling you the whole history of those diamonds, and you will understand why I thought it necessary to take a strong party with me.

  • We came in a strong party to prevent the risk of an attack upon Mr. Thorndyke.

  • If anyone is looking out for us they will see that we are a strong party, and that it would be no good to attack us, for even if they were to stab me it would not be possible to search me for the diamonds when I am with a party like this.

  • Then the visitor took his leave, renewing his promise to reply to a signal by sending a strong party of men.

  • His object was to make a brave charge and stagger the enemy, so that they might become the easier victims to panic when they found that they were attacked by a strong party in the rear.

  • His brother-in-law tried in vain with a strong party to reach the lake, but never succeeded.

  • We thought we should have no reason to be afraid with such a strong party as ours; and Owen, our host, having some spare cattle, we were employed for the next three days in getting them in.

  • A large drove of commissariat cattle ascended the Pass one day for Colonel Buller's camp, and as they came up I found it was escorted by a strong party of troops and Fingo Levies, under my brother's charge.

  • A strong party of mounted men followed at a couple of hours' interval.

  • Next day I was sent with a strong party to escort a waggon load of MiniĆ© rifles and ammunition to Fort Hare, twelve miles off.

  • He knew that the regency was about to be offered to him; but he also knew how unlawfully his sister's abdication had been obtained, and that there was a strong party in Scotland who were still bent on supporting her authority.

  • He gave them a promise of encouragement, only on condition that they secured a strong party in England, and that means were taken to remove Elizabeth.

  • The Cowee men returned home and organized a strong party of warriors from their own and all the neighboring Middle settlements to go and take vengeance on Chilhowee and on Kuwa'hi, just below, which had also been concerned in the raid.

  • Once one of these medicine warriors who had been away from home came back and found a strong party of the enemy attacking the settlement while nearly all the men were off on a hunt.

  • In the afternoon, I marched off with a strong party of our regiment; we had some wild spirits of officers with us, that would lead men at anything.

  • Several elephants carrying closed howdahs, accompanied by a strong party of armed men, had been seen leaving the southern gate of the city; but where they had gone, he had been unable to learn.

  • A strong party of natives was sent out to bury the dead, and foes as well as friends were placed in one common grave.

  • Martyn will take out a strong party, and when he finds the bodies of the two Greeks and no signs of us, he will arrive at the conclusion that we have been carried off.

  • I think we ought certainly to have a strong crew," Horace said, "so as to be able to land a strong party if we wanted to; the extra expense would be of no consequence.

  • The officers were furious at the message from Lykourgos, and proposed going ashore with a strong party of armed sailors.

  • We had, however, nothing to fear from savage or picaroon: we were a strong party, with plenty of arms, and all of us well able to use them.

  • It was therefore not until February 1865 that a strong party of the Lower River Maoris, under the command of Honi Hipango, advanced up the river and commenced the siege.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strong party" 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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