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Example sentences for "tourney"

Lexicographically close words:
tournaments; tournant; tourne; tourned; tourner; tourneying; tourneys; tourniquet; tournois; tours
  1. For Katharine, be it said, had wholly surrendered to the old, yet new, attraction that had swept her on the tourney field.

  2. The tourney ground is on this estate, and Damory Court is handier than the Country Club.

  3. In the memory of those other knights who practised the tourney in its old-time glory!

  4. Feeling toward her as she believed he did, with his absurd directness, he would have been likely to drop the rose in her lap, never reflecting that, the tourney being a local function, the choice should not fall upon an outlander.

  5. Happy over his good fortune, Arthur returned to the tourney ground and gave the new sword to his foster brother.

  6. Imagine his distress, therefore, when, on arriving at the tourney ground, he discovered that he had forgotten to bring his sword.

  7. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work.

  8. Many spears would I break asunder, and each month would to Tourney ride, Thou shalt murmur not O Lady when such knightly joust I'ld run!

  9. How the Queen of the Waleis ordered a Tourney to be holden, and of the heroes there assembled.

  10. Not unfrequently the passions of the knights were roused to such a pitch that this Vesper-spiel became a serious encounter, and the combatants were so exhausted that the Tourney could not be held, as was the case at Kanvoleis.

  11. The knights generally assembled on the Saturday, and the Tourney would be held on the Monday, the interval being employed in careful inquiry as to the claim of those present to take a part in such knightly sport.

  12. The knights were divided into two bodies of equal strength, headed by the most experienced warriors present, and single champions would not unfrequently try their skill against each other on the eve of the Tourney proper.

  13. Then sadly he thought, as his harness the squires on one side would bear, 85 That in knightly joust and Tourney he here might find little share.

  14. The Tourney would often be held simply for honour, the prize being something comparatively trifling, such as a hawk, cf.

  15. Tourney at Kanedig, alluded to in Book III.

  16. The lawn was practically deserted, and the mimic thrones erected for the tourney stood unoccupied in the blended light of the moon and flambeaux.

  17. When darkness fell, the company repaired to the hall where the tourney victor crowned his queen, and the dancers took their places to spend the time until supper was announced.

  18. And Theseus cried to them that the tourney was finished, and that Arcite should have the lady; whereat the rejoicing of the people was loud.

  19. Now a herald proclaimed from a scaffold the will of Duke Theseus, decreeing the weapons with which the tourney should be fought, and the rules of the combat.

  20. Now the day of the tourney approached, and Palamon and Arcite returned each with a hundred knights.

  21. Originally, in most countries, no person could tourney unless he proved himself to be maternally a knight of gentle birth, by four descents, and displayed a legitimate coat-armour.

  22. In battle-day,' the King replied, 'Nice tourney rules are set aside.

  23. Up the soft velvety sward came the knights in armour ready to tourney for the prize of ladies’ smiles, and where the bee buzzes and the pheasant runs was heard the clash of arms or the caracolling of many steeds.

  24. The marshal of the field now approached the victor, praying him to suffer his helmet to be unlaced, ere they conducted him to receive the prize of the day's tourney from the hands of Prince John.

  25. Her Saxon lover was not one of her party at the tourney on the second day.

  26. She promised to report, as she sent it, that no one in the great tourney had excelled him.

  27. Any one interested in the details of mediaeval tournaments will find in Ulrich's narrative a valuable and lively record of the tourney held at Friesach in 1224.

  28. Is it not to behold the display of chivalry, to witness the gallant actions of brave knights in the tilt and tourney ground, to look upon deeds of honour and glory achieved by arms and bloodshed?

  29. Begin with slight feuds; exercise daily the arms of your country in tourney with your followers.

  30. Thus appeared Edward on the occasion of a tourney given in honour of the embassy which La Marche proceeds to describe in detail.

  31. The actual tourney was held on the market-place in Brussels before a distinguished assembly.

  32. By 1452, however, the date of the tourney above described, it became evident that a vital issue was at stake.

  33. Thou see'st my child, as promise-bound, I bid the trump for tourney sound.

  34. I tell thee this, lest all too far These knights urge tourney into war.

  35. The joust and the tourney were, in their primary sense, mere modes of attack.

  36. The tourney was the onset of a troop, who, having made their charge, turned back to acquire the necessary speed for a fresh attack.

  37. The king, returning from the Holy Land, to take possession of his crown, was invited by the Count to participate in a tourney which he was preparing.

  38. When quiet was restored and the arena cleared, the tourney was conducted to a finish, and the great throng gradually melted away, most of it, however, to reassemble in a different capacity and place outside of Tlacopan.

  39. It was given me by Macua, king of Tlacopan, at the great tourney in token of his appreciation of my skill in throwing the javelin.

  40. A short time previous to the tourney at Tlacopan.

  41. The tzin had secured the hunter's promise that Mitla should accompany friends to Tlacopan, to be present at the tourney and contest for the king's prize.

  42. In many instances, among the more barbarous nations, the tourney of the Aztecs was not less bloody than those of the ancients of Pompeii and Rome, resulting purposely in the death of one or more of the contestants.

  43. The hour for the tourney to open had arrived, and an immense throng of people was assembled on the city's market-place, where it was thought best to hold the meeting, in view of the expected crowd.

  44. While the exciting scenes of the tourney were being witnessed on Tlacopan's tianguez, events of an entirely different nature were transpiring in the palace of Maxtla, at Azcapozalco.

  45. The golden lance its wonted work has done; For that fierce Moor, in tourney so renowned, This from the saddle lifts, in air suspends, Then headlong on the narrow bridge extends.

  46. XCVI Here two good brothers of Apamia were, In tourney wont to have the upper hand: Corimbo named and Thyrsis was the pair; Both overturned by Gryphon on the land.

  47. We played several games, all of which she won: and the only sound that disturbed our tourney was the tinkle of her laugh when she cornered me, or the click of her mother's needles as she knitted in the ingle-nook.

  48. Indeed, the exploits of Robin and his band, ending with the great tourney in Finsbury Field, had made a mighty stir through all England, and many there were to laugh boldly at the Nottingham official for his failures to capture the outlaws.

  49. Did not these same outlaws shoot in a royal Tourney at Finsbury field?

  50. Tis Fair year, as you know, and another tourney will be expected.

  51. Now the King had gone that day to Finsbury Field, where the tourney was soon to be held, in order to look over the lists and see some of his picked men whom he expected to win against all comers.

  52. As the Queen had said aforetime, the King was mightily proud of his archers, and now held this tourney to show their skill and, mayhap, to recruit their forces.

  53. And as they ate and drank, the Queen told them further of the tourney to be held at Finsbury Field, and of how she desired them to wear her colors and shoot for her.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tourney" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    battle; bout; box; brawl; broil; clash; close; collide; combat; contend; contest; duel; encounter; engagement; fence; feud; fight; game; games; grapple; gymkhana; jostle; joust; match; matching; meet; meeting; quarrel; rally; regatta; rencontre; riot; scramble; scuffle; skirmish; spar; strive; struggle; test; tilt; tournament; tourney; trial; tussle; war; wrestle