I walked to the Republican; at twenty paces he fired and missed me.
I can cut a bullet on a knife blade at twenty paces.
Then he moved his chair a little way off, that he might not be so near the prisoners, and a dozen men stepped forward, rifle in hand, and took up a position, twenty paces off.
Then twelve men drew quickly up before her, at twenty paces.
Barouffski draws well, but at twenty paces he is less sure of himself.
But had I been you, when your seconds asked, as I may suppose they asked: ‘Which shall it be, the pistol at twenty paces or the sword?
I would have said to them: ‘Give me the sword at twenty paces.
If this is delivered at very short range, say at twenty paces, it will raise up a rampart of dead and wounded men and horses which will probably suffice to check the following subdivisions, and so repulse the charge.
On the other hand, if a square wait coolly till the cavalry is at twenty paces, its volley will be murderous.
Twenty paces farther on we found the ruins of a cottage completely riddled with balls, but half the thatched roof was still there, and this was why Sergeant Rabot had selected it; and we filed into it for shelter.
Their conversation was quite distinct at twenty paces from us.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twenty paces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
