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Example sentences for: cavalry
How can you use “cavalry” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
He had been an audacious cavalry officer in the Anglo-Burmese wars and now exploited the situation for his own benefit.
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.
Like “sparrow grass,” “calvary” for cavalry , one of Mr. Lederer's questionable examples of Slurvian, falls midway between pure mispronunciation and misunderstood expression, perpetuated by a massive misuse.
In 1865 he attended West Point, graduating in 1869 with a commission in the Third Cavalry.
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."
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