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"An Indian is a mortal to be felt afore he is seen," returned the scout, ascending the rock, and throwing the deer carelessly down.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCOUT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
scout
 v.  find paths through unexplored territory
Classic Sentence: (186 in 13 pages)
1  "And the boots of the other scout didn't fit me," said Cade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  The scout alludes to a tradition which is.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
3  The words were still in the mouth of the scout, when the leader of the party, whose approaching footsteps had caught the vigilant ear of the Indian, came openly into view.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
4  "'Tis a safe thing to calculate on the knavery of an Iroquois," said the scout, throwing his rifle forward, by a sort of instinctive movement.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
5  Stimulated by apprehension, he left the scout, who immediately entered into a loud conversation with the stranger that had so unceremoniously enlisted himself in the party of travelers that morning.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
6  No, no," returned the scout, in decided disapprobation of this opinion, "I rubbed the bark off a limb, perhaps, but the creature leaped the longer for it.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
7  Heyward could distinguish the impatient gesture of the scout, through the increasing shadows of the evening, and he moved in his footsteps, swiftly, toward the place where he had left the remainder of the party.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
8  When men struggle for the single life God has given them," said the scout, sternly, "even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
9  The Indians warily retraced their steps toward the place they had left, when the scout, placing his pole against a rock, by a powerful shove, sent his frail bark directly into the turbulent stream.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
10  "An Indian is a mortal to be felt afore he is seen," returned the scout, ascending the rock, and throwing the deer carelessly down.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
11  The death of the colt sits heavy on the heart of its owner," said the scout; "but it's a good sign to see a man account upon his dumb friends.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
12  A short and apparently an embarrassed silence succeeded this remark, which was interrupted by the scout calling to them, aloud, to enter.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
13  A spectral-looking figure stalked from out of the darkness behind the scout, and seizing a blazing brand, held it toward the further extremity of their place of retreat.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
14  scout, is sufficiently correct, though the application of.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
15  On the other hand, the quick, roving eye of the scout seldom rested.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
Example Sentence:
1  Climbing the mountain fatigued the whole scout troop.
2  I mean, it's a scout troop from a local school.
3  Here is the duty roster for all the members of the scout troop.
4  A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site.
5  He joined our team and planed to scout that area we never touched.
6  We scouted about for a good place to eat.
7  He sent three scouts ahead to take a look at the bridge.
8  The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area.
9  The scouts are watching out for enemy patrols.
10  The two scouts, swimming across the river, managed to keep under as the enemy's searchlight raked the surface.
11  He's scouting about/around for somewhere better to live.