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Example sentences for "trot"

Lexicographically close words:
tropon; troposcatter; tropospheric; troppo; trost; troth; trots; trotted; trotter; trotters
  1. The parcel from home," he repeated, all the laughter dying out of his face, and he spurred his horse into a trot round the house towards the stable.

  2. Coming up at a leisurely trot was a riderless horse--saddled, bridled, but alone.

  3. Away they went at a quick trot along the rough road leading to the wood known as Palm Tree Scrub.

  4. Mr. Boltwood solved the situation by hemming, "Must trot in and wash.

  5. Trot 'em up and lemme give 'em the once-over.

  6. At the gross outrage of such a question, the doctor pauses in that to-and-fro trot as though planet-struck.

  7. For relief he rebegins his short-paced trot up and down.

  8. And it is ready enough to pay for a jog-trot religion, but will button up the pocket against a too exacting zeal.

  9. Trot along, Blair, and don't forget what we've told you.

  10. We took his part and made the farmer trot Spanish.

  11. When the sun was hot a dog would sometimes be retained on his cord when not pulling in order that he might trot along in the shade below the kuruma.

  12. I saw the boy and his younger sister trot off in the morning with their satchels on their backs to the village school in democratic Japanese fashion.

  13. Its owner cheerfully detached its broken axle and went off with it at a trot ten miles or so to a blacksmith.

  14. He could trot quickly across the long drawing-room at Nuthill without sound, and without grazing anything.

  15. The round trot of the Nuthill horses--and they frequently did the trip to the station in twenty-five minutes--was no more than a comfortable amble for Finn.

  16. Alone, the leaders would trot like horses.

  17. Then the Lost Indian came forward at a trot and landed at the camp-fire.

  18. Presently White Fang rose, tried to shake the rope from his neck, and when he found that he could not do so, got up and started on a trot toward the mountains.

  19. From a trot they broke into a gallop, and this soon grew into a perfect rout, for cattle are easily frightened at night.

  20. Well, let's trot along to Piccadilly and get measured.

  21. It seemed so blamed foolish, Burt, to trot out a mummy and a hunk of gold and set up as a god on the strength of it!

  22. The Victoria and French pad inside the stirrup, except when the safety bar and habit are adopted, are fraught with danger; with these precautions they are a great comfort, and guard the instep at the trot when the foot is thrust well home.

  23. Varying the speed in the trot will be found excellent practice for the hands; the faster a horse goes, generally speaking, the easier he goes.

  24. He must be kept going "well within himself," that is he must not be urged to trot at a greater speed than he can compass with true and equal action.

  25. When pulling up from the canter, it is best and safest to let the horse drop into a trot for a few paces and so resume the walk.

  26. Falling in with the trot of a horse is at first very difficult.

  27. The trot is invariably laboured, and if the animal should chance to fall, he gives his rider what we know in the hunting-field as 'a mighty crusher.

  28. They had a long trot through the lanes and along the shore, ending with a canter over the downs, which landed the heir of Maxfield at home with a glow in his cheeks and an appetite such as he had not known for a week.

  29. We're just going to trot Rosalind over to her diggings, and then we can have a high old lark in the paddock on our way back.

  30. Trot out yer glassware, barkeeper--got to drink to a feller that's ez cool ez all that!

  31. But after he'd galloped around the ring two or three times, he tried to rein the horse in and get him down to a nice steady trot like the Simpson man was doin'.

  32. Trot out your silks and your satins, and remember that the best ain't good enough for my little gal.

  33. Never allow your horse to get into a jog-trot when in company with a riding party, or in the park--but remember that it is a most valuable pace at which to bring home a tired hunter.

  34. A TEAM THAT WILL TROT briskly up the hill to the Star and Garter at Richmond at the rate of, say, eight miles an hour without the whip, may be pronounced a real good thing.

  35. Allow him to trot away pretty freely at the beginning, and after awhile he will be almost certain to settle down and walk collectedly for you with a slack bridle.

  36. He should walk with ease and freedom, trot ten miles an hour, and canter fifteen, without any trouble, or blowing, or other symptoms of distress.

  37. You must bear in mind that the trot is the horse's natural pace, and that when not overpressed he will go further and with less fatigue to himself when regulated to it, than at either a canter or gallop.

  38. This is owing to the fact that in the gallop they do not tell against an animal, while in the trot they do, very materially.

  39. I am confidently of opinion that half the ladies who canter their horses in the park and never attempt to trot them, only adopt the fashion because they themselves are too tightly laced to effect the rise in the saddle.

  40. You should bring him to a slow trot by shortening the reins, and then to a walk by sitting down in the saddle, and talking to him in a language that he will very readily learn to comprehend.

  41. On reaching the open country the driver put his horse into a brisk trot when, the levers controlling the wings being set, the machine rose gracefully into the air and travelled forward a distance of perhaps a hundred yards.

  42. The wagon part of the combination ran upon a track like an ordinary car, while the mechanical legs were designed to trot behind and "kick the wagon along.

  43. I've had a ripping day of it, but--trot out the grog, old man.

  44. Rode on a fast trot till about three o'clock, P.

  45. As the animals went past him in their swinging trot the blaze of the lamps fell full upon him.

  46. At that moment he heard the sound of horses, and going near the window, so as to be hidden from curious eyes as they passed, he saw the first whip trot on, with the hounds after him, and Tony Tuppett among them.

  47. Some of you look very wet" Captain Glomax and Ned Botsey were standing near the carriage; but the Captain as soon as he heard this, broke into a trot and followed the hounds.

  48. We might as well trot on as Shugborough is a small place, and a fox always goes away from it at once.

  49. I suppose, Lord Rufford, we might as well trot over to Dillsborough Wood at once.

  50. At this moment there was a murmur as of a great coming arrival, and then an open carriage with four post-horses was brought at a quick trot into the open space.

  51. A trot of five miles is disagreeable, and two o'clock in November is late for finding a first fox; and then poisoning is a vice that may grow into a habit!

  52. A lope is easier to ride, but the trot is the natural gait of a horse, and he can keep up a trot longer than he can a lope.

  53. The fellows were riding, still, but not at a trot so much.

  54. Now, why had he come down to the edge of the pond, on purpose, and looked at it and at us, and then turned up at a trot into the timber?

  55. The stream had met another, here, and so had the trail; and down the left-hand trail was riding at a little cow-pony trot a horseman.

  56. And after I was over the brow of the hill I swung into the west, at Scouts' pace of trot and walk mixed.

  57. She tossed her head, and with a snort turned to trot away.

  58. Those forty miles at trot and fast walk had put a crimp in our legs.

  59. He, departed forthwith, thinking as he went at a jog-trot over the snow of the grateful look that Maria had given him.


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    Other words:
    alliteration; amble; amplification; assonance; bag; bat; beldam; bound; burst; canter; chime; crib; crone; dame; dash; decoding; dowager; drab; drag; drone; droop; flounce; frisk; frump; gait; gallop; get; gloss; grandmother; hack; hag; hitch; hobble; hop; hotfoot; humdrum; jingle; key; leap; limp; lope; lurch; mince; monotone; monotony; mount; pace; paddle; paraphrase; plunge; pony; prance; race; rack; rhyme; roll; run; rush; saunter; scamper; scud; scurry; scuttle; shamble; shuffle; sidle; singsong; slither; slouch; slowness; spring; sprint; spurt; stagger; stalk; step; stride; stroll; strut; swagger; swing; tedium; toddle; totter; transcription; translation; transliteration; tread; trip; trot; velocity; waddle; walk; witch