When he departed we escorted him as far as the Mess and bade him a vociferous "Good night," to the amazement of the squad of ragged swordsmen and lantern-bearers who were accompanying him back to Chunabatti.
Behind the throne stood a number of swordsmen and halberdiers.
In place of running right across now from shelter to shelter, the big swordsmen stopped from time to time on their way to flourish their weapons, yell, indulge in a kind of war-dance, and shout out words we did not understand.
I made the object-glass end describe a circle in the air as we slowly backed, and the swordsmen darted away to the shelters they had quitted to follow us as they saw us in retreat.
He darted it swiftly at each of them and on the seven swordsmen too he inflicted wounds of death.
But as he did the third gate was flung open and seven swordsmen came forth.
Now the Beloochees closed in denser masses, and the dreadful rush of their swordsmen was felt, and their shouts answered by the pealing musketry, and such a fight ensued as has seldom been recorded in the annals of warfare.
Had the swordsmen charged home, they would have cut everybody down.
Hundreds of fierce swordsmenswarmed unto the bazaar and into the serai, a small enclosure which adjoined.
The following hints may be useful: (1) Draw and paint the little swordsmenas carefully as possible.
The slits need not be so close together as in the figure if it is desired that the swordsmen should fight at a greater distance.
So weird was it that both swordsmen drew back, and once more Gering's life was waiting in the hazard.
There are swordsmen who will not own that they are touched, though their life-blood is ebbing fast.
Companies of swordsmen and bowmen followed, till at last the seneschal of the castle, with his chamberlains and servitors, closed the spell-bound scene.
Both Lagartijo and Frascuelo Swordsmen are of quality.
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Pet dogs are named for the well-known ones; and it was even rumored that one of the chief swordsmen had secured the affections of a patrician lady, and would have married her but for the interference of her friends.
At that signal, two swordsmen should have advanced and fallen upon Iruka; but they showed themselves so timorous that Prince Naka himself had to lead them to the attack.
To re-enforce a detachment in case of emergency, small sections of three or four swordsmen move about.
I have known good swordsmen knocked over by mere slashing boys in a cavalry charge.
He can shoot as no mortal man should shoot, and they say that the best French swordsmen could not touch him.
Its heroes are valiant fighters, keen leaders of forays, champion swordsmen and defenders of forts.
Next night a couple of hundred swordsmen crept up to a ravine, within fifty yards of the camp, and suddenly fell upon the West Surrey regiment.
The Ghazis, seeing their opportunity, came closer and closer; their swordsmen charging in and cutting down the Sikhs in the ranks.
The tribesmen, however, completely surrounded the camp, their riflemen keeping up a heavy fire, and their swordsmen making repeated rushes.
In the meantime the swordsmen on foot swept down with fanatical fury, and it became necessary to bring up the whole reserve into the fighting line.
As the swordsmen swept down on the infantry and guns, the Afghan horse came out of two ravines, and charged the Bengal Lancers before they could acquire sufficient speed to meet them fairly.
The troops were well prepared, and maintained a steady fire; although the enemy's swordsmen hurled themselves against our entrenchments in great numbers.
I have seen some of the greatest swordsmen lose by chance to a novice.
Do you think a few soothing words would calm the mind of one of the finest swordsmen in England?
Rubbish," said I suddenly and aloud, "and is it one of the best swordsmen in England that is to be beaten by a lame horse?
Reflectively, Colonel Royale murmured: "One of the finest swordsmenin England.
The Rajah raised his gleaming blade and struck at the nape of its neck, and at the same moment two swordsmen hamstrung it.
In our absence a party of ten or twenty Bhuttia swordsmenrushed the house.
Occasionally swift-footed parties of fierce swordsmen swept down through the unguarded passes and raided the tea-gardens that are springing up in the foothills and the forests below them.
These Northern swordsmen would cut my throat if the Great Captain bade them.
One of the officers told me about him when he came in, and said that he was one of the best riders and swordsmen in the regiment.
He is considered to be one of the finest swordsmen in Europe, and in many respects he is as young as I am, and as fond of adventure.
There is as much fun about him as a boy, but when his spirit is up, there are not many swordsmen in the army that could match him.
Yet I wouldn't harm you now, if you brought all the swordsmen in Nemedia upon me.
Pikemen andswordsmen fight hand to hand in the stream, and behind them the bowmen ply their shafts.
Were the gods smiting blindly, like swordsmen in a fog?
The Khandaits or swordsmen of Orissa are a caste formed in the same manner from military service.
The Paiks are thus a small caste formed from military service like the Khandaits orswordsmen of Orissa, and are no doubt recruited from all sections of the population.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swordsmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
