FORD in a Sentence

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For FORD, below is one of 7 sentences:
The path from the wood leads to a morass, and from thence to a ford, which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable.

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 Meanings and Examples of FORD
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ford
 n.  place where a river can be crossed on foot; shallow place
Classic Sentence:
1  He accompanied them on foot as far as the bridge that could not be crossed, so that they had to go round by the ford, and he sent huntsmen to ride in front with lanterns.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII
2  The order was to find a ford and to cross the river.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II
3  The path from the wood leads to a morass, and from thence to a ford, which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  They all rushed forward to the bridge, onto it, and to the fords and the boats.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIX
5  At the end of five hundred paces, more or less, they came to a rivulet, which they forded.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 65 TRIAL
Example Sentence:
1  Half a mile beyond the ford is a collection of three or four huts, called Rancho Grande.
2  Avoid the ford on which your friend was drowned.