CAVALRY in a Sentence

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The whole army was extended in three lines: the cavalry in front, behind it the artillery, and behind that again the infantry.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAVALRY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cavalry
 n.  part of military force which serves on horseback
Classic Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1  No, Peter Nikolaevich; I only want to show that in the cavalry the advantages are far less than in the infantry.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII
2  The best quarters in the village were assigned to cavalry-captain Denisov, the squadron commander, known throughout the whole cavalry division as Vaska Denisov.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
3  Behind our position was a steep and deep dip, making it difficult for artillery and cavalry to retire.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
4  His idea was, first, to concentrate all the artillery in the center, and secondly, to withdraw the cavalry to the other side of the dip.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
5  He reported that his regiment had been attacked by French cavalry and that, though the attack had been repulsed, he had lost more than half his men.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII
6  They were still firing, not at the cavalry which had disappeared, but at French infantry who had come into the hollow and were firing at our men.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII
7  But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, were by no means ready for the impending action.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
8  From privates to general they were not expecting a battle and were engaged in peaceful occupations, the cavalry feeding the horses and the infantry collecting wood.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
9  I am not in the cavalry, Colonel, but I am a Russian general and if you are not aware of the fact.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
10  Gentlemen, I thank you all; all arms have behaved heroically: infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXI
11  The whole army was extended in three lines: the cavalry in front, behind it the artillery, and behind that again the infantry.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
12  The Emperors rode up to the flank, and the trumpets of the first cavalry regiment played the general march.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
13  And the old cavalry captain, Kirsten, shouted enthusiastically and no less sincerely than the twenty-year-old Rostov.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X
14  Several thousand cavalry crossed in front of the infantry, who had to wait.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIV
15  The general shouted a demand that the cavalry should be halted, the Austrian argued that not he, but the higher command, was to blame.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  The cavalry unit must be remounted immediately.
2  The riders use stirrups and large supporting saddles, so may be a cavalry unit.
3  He was once an officer in the cavalry.
4  He was empowered to raise two fresh legions as well as 20,000 infantry and 800 cavalry from allied States.