Unhorsed
in example sentence
But fate ordered it otherwise, for he vanquished me and
unhorsed
me, and so my plan failed.
More example sentences with word unhorsed
Fortunately for the credit of the Virginians, Major Dunwoodie reentered the field at this critical instant; he saw his troops in disorder; at his feet lay weltering in blood George Singleton, a youth endeared to him by numberless virtues, and Lawton was
unhorsed
and stretched on the plain.
He who
unhorsed
you?""No man ever
unhorsed
me, Dr. Sitgreaves," said the dragoon, gravely.
"But, Isaac," said the Pilgrim, smiling, "dost thou know that in these sports, the arms and steed of the knight who is
unhorsed
are forfeit to his victor?
The antagonist of Grantmesnil, instead of bearing his lance-point fair against the crest or the shield of his enemy, swerved so much from the direct line as to break the weapon athwart the person of his opponent--a circumstance which was accounted more disgraceful than that of being actually unhorsed; because the latter might happen from accident, whereas the former evinced awkwardness and want of management of the weapon and of the horse.
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