THOROUGHBRED in a Sentence

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Denisov in a felt cloak and a sheepskin cap from which the rain ran down was riding a thin thoroughbred horse with sunken sides.

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 Meanings and Examples of THOROUGHBRED
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thoroughbred
 n.  any of a breed of horses, bred chiefly for racing; well-bred person
Classic Sentence:
1  He was riding a very fine thoroughbred gray Arab horse with a crimson gold-embroidered saddlecloth.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XXI
2  On the thirteenth of June a rather small, thoroughbred Arab horse was brought to Napoleon.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II
3  Denisov in a felt cloak and a sheepskin cap from which the rain ran down was riding a thin thoroughbred horse with sunken sides.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV
4  Vronsky had put his name down, bought a thoroughbred English mare, and in spite of his love affair, he was looking forward to the races with intense, though reserved, excitement.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 18
5  Prince Kuzovlev sat with a white face on his thoroughbred mare from the Grabovsky stud, while an English groom led her by the bridle.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 24
6  But they knew instinctively, as they knew thoroughbred horses from scrubs, that he was not of their class.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
7  This daughter of the shadows was thoroughbred.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR
8  I'd gladly give the horses free of charge if I knew they were going to be ridden by boys I know, gentlemen used to thoroughbreds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Four and six bobtailed thoroughbreds rolled their coaches to town; open hospitality and gay entertainment were the rule.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
Example Sentence:
1  When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
2  Metro Meteor, a 10-year-old thoroughbred bay in rural Maryland, is enjoying singular success.