HORN in a Sentence

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For HORN, below is one of 91 sentences:
They swarmed close up to the walls, headed, as I think, by the knave who won the prize at the archery, for I knew his horn and baldric.

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 Meanings and Examples of HORN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
horn
 n.  one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
Classic Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1  One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
2  Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxer's hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow's horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
4  If so, they would perhaps have noted that the white hoof and horn with which it had previously been marked had now been removed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
5  He bore, like his companion, a scrip, attached to his belt, but had neither horn nor knife, being probably considered as belonging to a class whom it is esteemed dangerous to intrust with edge-tools.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  Before this entrance the Templar wound his horn loudly; for the rain, which had long threatened, began now to descend with great violence.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  De Bracy winded his horn three times, and the archers and cross-bow men, who had manned the wall upon seeing their approach, hastened to lower the drawbridge, and admit them.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  The captives had not long enjoyed their refreshment, however, ere their attention was disturbed even from this most serious occupation by the blast of a horn winded before the gate.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  They swarmed close up to the walls, headed, as I think, by the knave who won the prize at the archery, for I knew his horn and baldric.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
11  When the bustle occasioned by this incident was somewhat composed, the chief Outlaw took from his neck the rich horn and baldric which he had recently gained at the strife of archery near Ashby.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
12  And mute our timbrel, trump, and horn.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
13  Scathlock obeyed his captain, and in less than five minutes the revellers were startled by the sound of his horn.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
14  'We'd better sound the horn and see if the keeper will come,' said Connie.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
15  'Sound the horn then, if you won't let me push,' she said.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence:
1  An impatient driver behind me sounded his horn.
2  I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date.
3  The main orchestral brass instruments are the horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba.
4  She gave three short hoots on the car horn.
5  He can logically infer that if the battery is dead then the horn will not sound.
6  A kilogram of rhino horn powder fetches nearly forty thousand US dollars at Asia's markets, because it's used for local medicines.
7  Adding consistency and predictability to magic just means a unicorn is a horse with a horn.
8  The marble basin was removed; in its place, stood a deal table and a kitchen chair: these objects were visible by a very dim light proceeding from a horn lantern, the wax candles being all extinguished.
9  Laws are like cobwebs, which may catches small flies, but let wasps and horns break through.
10  Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.
11  The young goat was just beginning to grow horns.
12  The honking of horns flustered the boy.
13  People set off fireworks and tooted their car horns.
14  The sequel short-changes Angelina Jolie's heroine, of the glaring green contact lenses, black horns on her head and ultra-sharp prosthetic cheekbones.
15  Have any of you seen the mystical 3 horned deer that is parading around in there?