Example sentences for: cavalry

How can you use “cavalry” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As early as mid-1997, one CIA officer wrote to his supervisor: "All we're doing is holding the ring until the cavalry gets here."

  • They had fought with mass armies of infantry rather than relying on the old cavalry elite.

  • At the same time, the cavalry officer's sabre, a much-coveted battle trophy, gave rise to the alternative nickname of Long Knives , a sobriquet that combined light-hearted jeering with wary respect.

  • Those not put off by this can still be seen in tweeds and cavalry twill, walking their dogs around Summit Park, where the Belvedere affords a fine view of the city.

  • It's war-on-poverty-style over-promising without any war-on-poverty cavalry to back it up.


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