A pound than to make the kingdom larger by calling a furlong a mile. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
Half-way down the furlong their heads are together. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
The race was just 1/18 of a furlong, about 35 feet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2007] Reference
Which crosseth in the field, each furlong every flat. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850] Reference
He seized his oars and rowed down the river another furlong. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
With a furlong to go he swept past the tiring front runners. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage At A Price]
One of those seven and a half which make up a mile is a furlong. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
We halted near Jumrood, after a march of ten miles and one furlong. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Within this he had a platform made of fine tiles, each side a furlong. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Rachel Alexandra is in front with one furlong to go!. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2009] Reference
Seventeen sheep and their knitted wool jockeys competed over a furlong. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2007] Reference
And so they came before the Gateway and halted a furlong from the walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
"I must confess London is improving with every furlong," Lavinia admitted. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Laurel Delight, by the way, was definitely a five-furlong horse, not a six. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Horses] Reference
Nor had he gone a furlong more when just ahead he spied the lions themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Story-teller] Reference
“Somewhere at the end of the five-furlong straight of Sandown Racecourse.”. From Wordnik.com. [Knockdown]
More a high strung filly it seems; no bets on that one for a five furlong dash. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But they had not gone more than a furlong when the storm returned with fresh fury. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
It certainly makes no difference whether the land be a square furlong or a continent. From Wordnik.com. [The Inhumanity of Socialism] Reference
Then the road bent again, and everything more than a furlong or so ahead disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
Not one of the last 10 Belmont victors was worse than fourth at the two-furlong mark. From Wordnik.com. [Why Mine That Bird Could Lay an Egg] Reference
Then they had ascended a furlong to the north, where the ascent was gradual and broken. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
I put my head down and my heels in, and we went like a Derby winner in the last furlong. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman]
It's like being at the Kentucky Derby and seeing your horse pull away with a furlong to go. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Campaign Now Advertising In West Virginia] Reference
After zigging through a bombproof half-furlong of roof, he was dropping into a large twilit cave. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
Round a bend, about a furlong from the main road, they met a stout barrier of old farm-carts upturned. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
As the presidential primary campaign season winds into the final furlong, candidates are honing their messages. From Wordnik.com. [The Brennan Center for Justice: Items Missing From The Agenda: Candidates And The Peggy Lee Effect] Reference
It would take almost a furlong, around the first corner, for the horses to fall into some type of pack position. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Promise] Reference
The distance fixed was from the Green Man to the station, a five-furlong scamper; the start to be by mutual consent. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08] Reference
'Go thou to the wood outside the Temple, pass a furlong to the north; there is a low wall which thou canst easily vault. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Most readers will remember Personal Ensign for her thrilling by-the-nose-finish in the nine furlong Breeder's Cup Distaff. From Wordnik.com. [Two Giants of Thoroughbred Racing Die] Reference
Fishers mending nets were grouped together, but they talked with one another as if each were a furlong away from his fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
At first the progress of this inundation was at the pace of three miles in 24 hours, but afterwards scarcely a furlong in a day. From Wordnik.com. [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference
We have found it, but it lies well back from the water-side here, and runs under the lee of a rock-wall, a furlong or more from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
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