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Example sentences for "trotted"

Lexicographically close words:
troppo; trost; trot; troth; trots; trotter; trotters; trotting; trottoirs; trou
  1. A few minutes after, the new-comer was plain enough to everybody; and soon, man and horse dead beat, the orderly with a despatch trotted into the court.

  2. They all sat up to listen, while the children trotted or crawled towards her, and pulled her black skirts, as if they were impatient at being all that long way off her face.

  3. Piero took the coin out of the leathern scarsella at his belt, and the little maiden trotted away, not without a few upward glances of awed admiration at the surprising young signor.

  4. At last she trotted on, her buff coat melting into the vegetation.

  5. Together the animals stood in the door to the tower valley, and neither made any move to follow as the horses trotted off.

  6. Her mate had already slipped through the break; now he barked with excitement and wonder, and she trotted on to join him.

  7. The female, always more cautious than her mate, lingered behind as he trotted forward, his ears a-prick with curiosity.

  8. He trotted out some well-worn chestnut as the latest thing in good stories, and I remarked, quite innocently, that I never could remember whether it was George II.

  9. She trotted three miles or so to her home, and it was not till the middle of the afternoon that it was discovered that the lunch for the entire shooting party was in a pannier attached to the pony's saddle.

  10. When the short, fat little legs that trotted beside her in silence grew weary, she carried Mary Ann Martha pick-a-back, and always she was whispering to her.

  11. Callista, sitting on the table, swinging a foot to keep the baby trotted on her knee, looked on smilingly.

  12. Fuson suddenly, as Cindy trotted across the small home pasture and came to the fence.

  13. As the lions crept on very slowly they came to another tuft of slightly taller grass, and the lion again raised his head, but this time he was seen by the elands, which all turned round and trotted off straight down wind.

  14. I was off my horse in an instant to be ready for a shot, when he turned round and trotted away, and John ran to try and catch him.

  15. I followed him a long while, every moment hoping to catch him, as he let me come quite close and then trotted on, feeding quietly till I came up to him again.

  16. Then, after a pause of indecision, he gave a howling sort of bark, trotted away to the main hatchway, and disappeared below.

  17. The great bulldog trotted in from the yard behind, considered her a moment, and passed out to the front, attracted by the voices of Keziah and John Costrell.

  18. He acknowledged Achilles, who trotted away satisfied, to complete an examination of all the other inmates of the house, his invariable custom after an outing.

  19. The dog who trotted in from the passage between the rooms or beyond it, was no doubt the one Gwen had heard of.

  20. Having weighed them, duly and carefully, he trotted back past Granny Marrable, to give one short bark at the bedroom door, and return to the yard behind, his usual headquarters.

  21. The dog now stopped a few feet off as if to watch whether I was coming, and again trotted forward as I praised him and began to follow.

  22. I pointed out to the dog the way I wished to go, and with a wag of his tail, the wise creature trotted on slowly in front.

  23. His hobby has not trotted to his mind to-day, I fancy.

  24. Christophe's mother and Babette's aunt trotted about in all the flurry of housewives taken by surprise.

  25. Asulejo, but his eye was brighter and he neighed in the joy of his heart as he trotted friskily along!

  26. Four lurchers of sorts and my big greyhound, Tom, trotted behind our horses, and when game was sighted we went after it at full gallop.

  27. The whole herd became agitated, and other bulls trotted up to support their monarch.

  28. Frederick Delaval again blew a piercing shriek on the whistle; and when the Wild Bull heard it, and once more felt the stinging lash of the heavy whip, he swerved round, and with a bellow of pain and fury trotted back to the herd.

  29. She trotted them round for two whole hours.

  30. The ground on which he walked or trotted along was a mass of beauty and perfume, rich pink or crimson heaths, heather and geraniums everywhere, with patches of pine-wood having little or no undergrowth.

  31. When Sir Griffin had placed her on her saddle, she would have trotted all the way into Kilmarnock without a word if he would have allowed her.

  32. The music thing turned silently away and trotted down a side path, toward a distant Munchkin village.

  33. With his sharp knife the Shaggy Man sliced off the stem of the leaf and as it fell and unfolded out trotted the Woozy and escaped beyond the reach of any more of the dangerous plants.

  34. The Sawhorse rolled its knot eyes wickedly and kicked again, but the Woozy trotted away and said to the Scarecrow: "What a sweet disposition that creature has!

  35. It trotted about our decks in a most lively manner, its hind feet, when trotting or walking, being turned forwards and outwards in the manner peculiar to seals of its genus.

  36. It scuttled about in a most independent way, and seemed quite indifferent as to whether it trotted over the bottoms of the rock pools, or ran up the steep face of the rock to a height of forty feet above the water-line.

  37. As they trotted across the open plain Poeskop looked behind him.

  38. Guy took hold of the pony by the bridle, and they trotted along on either side at a good pace.

  39. Threading their way through the forest, they trotted for a long half mile, and then heard, not far in front, the scream of an angry elephant.

  40. Jan Kokerboom, who presently trotted up, had news undoubtedly, and news that was disturbing.

  41. To his astonishment Rufus, who had been plucking a few mouthfuls of grass, suddenly threw up his head and trotted off.

  42. The guide had just reached the gate, and together they trotted down the narrow streets to the west gate of the city, where four men-at-arms were awaiting them.

  43. Several times he came upon parties of men whom he passed with the salute, and who scarcely raised their eyes as he trotted by them.

  44. We trotted uphill, the men going on for a few minutes, then changing shoulders, and then again another pair taking their turn--four to each litter.

  45. Hawkins, like a little dog eager for the chase, trotted on ahead, twisting his shoulders, and bobbing his head in a manner without rhyme or reason.

  46. I trotted after, at the best speed my lame ankle would allow, and Ray by my side.

  47. At last, when he bounded off in pursuit of a rabbit which had crossed the road, Blanche felt glad of the excuse to follow, and trotted off, leaving poor little Morag companionless.

  48. So off she trotted to inform the little Shetlander that he was no longer nameless, and to see what he was thinking of his new quarters.

  49. She looked for a moment at this superior being, who could make flowers grow and could live without the care of a nurse, and then, obeying the stronger intelligence, she trotted off toward home.

  50. Thank you, mister," Louise answered, and they trotted on.

  51. Helen, but they all brushed each other off and straightened each other, and trotted into the house.

  52. He trotted out with Mrs. Driggs's fish, and brought it back again a few moments later, liberally nutmegged and very much to the lady's taste.

  53. And she thrust her wet little hand into Louise's and trotted along beside them.

  54. He trotted over, his tail wagging wildly at the prospect of being able to do something for his mistress, picked up the teeth, and carried them proudly to Winona!

  55. So he pulled up his cowl, the ballad went on to state--and Louise went on to act--and trotted off to tell the news to Robber Brown.

  56. Winona listened on, and Hike the Camp Cat trotted noiselessly over the ground and curled himself into Winona's lap.

  57. She scuttled inside her hut and then reappeared in some hasty finery, in which she trotted anxiously about with conciliatory grimaces and pleadings in guttural Aymará that her picture be taken.

  58. And the naked little Tacana baby--for he was scarcely more than that--trotted proudly along under the little load.

  59. A long line of half-naked Leccos trotted across the grass-covered bluff and disappeared over the edge and down the steep path to the river, where our clumsy rafts swung and eddied in the boiling current.

  60. Splashing in the river were naked little babies, and as our Leccos set up a shout a woman trotted down to the bank and waved back.

  61. A barefooted Chileno sailor who had been already to haul down the big yellow pest flag at the foremast belayed the halliards permanently to the bridge pin rail and trotted off to help in putting over a small boat.

  62. A few grotesque wretches, thatched about with bamboo matting, like bottles, or like rosebushes in winter, trotted past shouldering twin baskets.

  63. Here, in the shade, grooms awaited them with ponies; and scrambling into saddle, they trotted off through gaps in the bamboos, across a softly rolling country.

  64. Near at hand, coolies trotted and stooped, laying out more of these circular baskets, filled with tiny dough-balls.

  65. Right up the path leading by the quarters from the spring at the foot of the hill, trotted an enormous bull dog.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trotted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.