The cantering soldiers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
How else could the Captain be cantering down the street?. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
"How beautiful she is," thought Pen, cantering homewards. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Prose Fiction] Reference
Groups of horsemen were cantering along the side avenues. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Or we see him bestride an indifferent nag, cantering down the Appian. From Wordnik.com. [Horace and His Influence] Reference
They were cantering briskly along, but drew rein to bid us good-day. From Wordnik.com. [For The Admiral] Reference
Some time later Nancy and Tom watched her cantering across the beach. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn at the Red Oak] Reference
Mounted officers would come cantering up just for a handshake and a God-keep-you. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
Across it a patrol of cavalry, smart in a gray-blue uniform, were cantering sharply. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
Barbara came cantering back to her friends, her cheeks rosy, her eyes shining with delight. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference
Sir Geraint took the road towards the bridge, and soon a knight came cantering towards them. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Then she, as well as the little folks, shouted aloud at the appearance of the cantering Pinky. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's] Reference
I had just turned into the lane that leads to the house when a horseman came cantering toward me. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
This is cross - country, you're not hanging about, you're galloping the jumps not cantering them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2002] Reference
It had, indeed, barely started, when in the distance Desmond spied a horseman cantering towards them. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
If we run at six miles an hour, we use 3,000 cubic inches; trotting a horse, 1,750; cantering, 1,500. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Hitherto my mustang had behaved exceedingly well, cantering freely along and not attempting to play any tricks. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
One can see them cantering about on the plain just across the river, where thousands of their cattle are grazing. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
Its scouts, that is, among which, if you belong to our corps, you will probably find yourself, go cantering on ahead. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
That can't be he coming back now? 'he said, looking from the small window at two riders who came cantering up to the door. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Presently a clattering of hoofs was heard, and looking toward the sound, I perceived the Chancellor cantering down the road. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
She urged Prince to a faster pace, and, cantering along a quiet stretch of road, was soon at the house of Mr. Ford's mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
Up the hill again we walked, with the little Skye terrier cantering in advance or madly chasing the chickens across the road. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
One can imagine her cantering fast and far with a sense of conscious possession in spite of Mrs. Barberry and the two nurses. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
You're galloping the jumps, not cantering (ph) them, so we were cruising right along, and he just suddenly put on the brakes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2004] Reference
Twenty minutes later the St. Asaph's brake, wheelers at a swinging trot and the leader cantering in his best form, bowled through. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
The only ride we do eschew is the Toll Road up the park, the only piece of flat ground anywhere about, and fit for cantering along. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
Nothing moves on the plain save here and there a lonely prowling horseman, cantering on, or dismounted and peering through his glass. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
M'Fadyen saw of his pleasant escort was the two knaves cantering over the heath, bearing with them his cloak-bag containing his £150. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
At Vire there was a print of a horse-race, with the horses in a cantering attitude, and a large dog running and barking by their side. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
He went on till sunset, trotting, cantering, and walking, without intermission; the whip ceased to touch him, the rein never checked him. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
But philosophy and scolding had no effect; and then cantering easily through the park, he stopped at the gate of the house and dismounted. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
I had a very interesting time one day riding to a conference at the headquarters of General S.r H.S. Rawlinson, Bt. I came cantering along. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
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