Dismounted
[dɪs'maʊntid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Dismount
Typist: Lycurgus
Examples
- He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It was late in the evening when Mr. Pickwick and his companions, assisted by Sam, dismounted from the roof of the Eatanswill coach. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Come, valiant sir, said Wamba, I must be your armourer as well as your equerry--I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Very far they rode that night, and in the morning he stopped outside the lands of his clan, and dismounted beside a sandy river. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was overjoyed to see us and dismounted with great alacrity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They had dismounted on the road between Segovia and Santa Maria del Real. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Venn immediately dismounted, put his hand in his breastpocket, and handed the glove. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We dismounted, for the last time, and out in the offing, riding at anchor, we saw the ship! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As Mr. Weller spoke, Mr. Pickwick dismounted from a cab, and entered the yard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Also, Wilson was there with ten thousand dismounted cavalrymen, who were being equipped for the field. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They had dismounted to ask papers of the driver of a cart. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I dismounted and went at once to the upper deck. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The warriors finally dismounted and hobbling their animals advanced toward us on foot with drawn long-swords. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Gudrun dismounted and they all made their farewell. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had just dismounted;she could not be mistaken,it WAS Edward. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Robert Jordan heard the creaking and the heavy breathing as they all dismounted and the clinking of a bridle as a horse tossed his head. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Rabbi now dismounted in great alarm, and hastily applied the remedies which his art suggested for the recovery of his companion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pablo stopped and dismounted in the dark. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Finding that the house was full of wounded American officers and soldiers, I dismounted and went in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Dismounted warriors were trampled underfoot in the stampede which followed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I dismounted to her aid, while she, with heavy groans, and her hand placed on her side, resisted my attempt to lead her on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If they are dismounted point thy rifle muzzle at the ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I think not one man has gone from here, except some twelve or fifteen hundred dismounted cavalry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He turned in at the Hall gates, and dismounted from his machine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Lycurgus