HORSEBACK in a Sentence

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For HORSEBACK, below is one of 62 sentences:
The gravel flew again and across her vision a man on horseback galloped over the green lawn toward the lazy group under the trees.

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 Meanings and Examples of HORSEBACK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
horseback
 ad.  on a horse
 n.  riding a horse
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  No one travels otherwise than on horseback.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
2  He encountered a priest on horseback.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
3  Come then, I will go on horseback.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
4  The Emperor, though ill and discommoded on horseback by a local trouble, had never been in a better humor than on that day.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR
5  He once chanced to see a general on horseback, in full uniform, pass along the street, Comte Coutard, the commandant of Paris.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG
6  All at once, a man on horseback, clad in black, made his appearance in the middle of the group with a red flag, others say, with a pike surmounted with a red liberty-cap.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
7  I had better get on horseback, and go and meet her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
8  This man, except a sword, had all the appearance of a soldier; and his buff boots, still slightly covered with dust, indicated that he had been on horseback in the course of the day.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 14 THE MAN OF MEUNG
9  His two companions were already on horseback.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
10  I will try to accompany you," said Aramis, "though I scarcely feel in a condition to mount on horseback.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS
11  She was told that he had left the castle an hour before on horseback.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 58 ESCAPE
12  Athos came down last, and found d'Artagnan already on horseback, and growing impatient.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 64 THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK
13  The gravel flew again and across her vision a man on horseback galloped over the green lawn toward the lazy group under the trees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  From the stables, men were streaming out on horseback, negro servants riding hard behind their masters.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  Men on horseback dashed out of side streets pell-mell down Peachtree toward Hood's headquarters.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence:
1  Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
2  Not many of the children travel on horseback to school even in these country areas.
3  Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
4  Watching the large and varied bird population, or following assorted trails on horseback.
5  Sometimes a stack of people would come there, horseback, from ten or fifteen mile around, and stay five or six days, and have such junketings round about and on the river, and dances and picnics in the woods daytimes, and balls at the house nights.