Example sentences for: cavalry

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

  • In 1865 he attended West Point, graduating in 1869 with a commission in the Third Cavalry.

  • Originally a 16th-century cavalry barracks, the Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale) is in no way a dry bundle of old bones and stones, but sheer pleasure for anyone even remotely interested in southern Italy’s Greek, Etruscan, and Roman past.

  • It contains the imperial cavalry: 900 soldiers, 116 saddled horses, and 356 horses hitched to 89 chariots.

  • He created the Boy Scouts in 1907, shortly after returning to England from a tour of duty as a cavalry officer in South Africa.

  • 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.


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