Lances
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The
lances
burst into shivers up to the very grasp, and it seemed at the moment that both knights had fallen, for the shock had made each horse recoil backwards upon its haunches.
More example sentences with word lances
They became highly prized mercenaries, and during one of these battles, they made the first recorded heavy cavalry charge with couched lances, a devastating tactic that soon became standard in medieval warfare.
All Nature was wide awake and stirring, now; long
lances
of sunlight pierced down through the dense foliage far and near, and a few butterflies came fluttering upon the scene.
"Four men," said the landlord, "riding a la jineta, with
lances
and bucklers, and all with black veils, and with them there is a woman in white on a side-saddle, whose face is also veiled, and two attendants on foot."
This was why it was said—For friend no longer is there friend;The reeds turn
lances
now.
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