Hoofs

Examples

• The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• No sun shall ever usher forth mine honours, Or gild again the noble hoofs that waited Upon my smiles. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The imitation of the action of horses' hoofs was one of the means attempted, but such additional aids were eventually found to be of no avail, and were discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The big wagons were coming on; the dray-horses' huge hoofs were heard splashing in the mud and water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's hoofs, and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the curb. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The soil being soft the hoofs of the horse grow long and produce lameness. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and grating wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the bell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Better far had it been the Old Gentleman, in full equipage of horns, hoofs, and tail. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, too. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The rider's horse was blown, and both horse and rider were covered with mud, from the hoofs of the horse to the hat of the man. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Here, once again, was the mark of the bicycle, though nearly obliterated by the hoofs of cows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• One man on horseback seemed to be among the crowd; for there was the noise of hoofs rattling on the uneven pavement. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Up from among the fern in the hollow, and winding by the bridle-road among the trees, comes sometimes to this lonely spot the sound of horses' hoofs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then he heard a horse coming, the hoofs balled with the wet snow thumping dully as the horseman trotted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The speaker was a true prophet, for the trot of a little nag's hoofs was, five minutes after, heard in the yard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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