Example Sentences

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You can see what his order meant now, for his men are dismounting.

From A Lieutenant at Eighteen by Optic, Oliver

Those who carry them are dismounting to load.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

At the foot of the first hill, from which firing proceeds, a squadron of the Border Mounted Rifles are dismounting, and now two lines of khaki figures are climbing steadily up the hill.

From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George

"They are dismounting, and will come up the zig-zag way; we had better meet them at the top of it," said Stefan.

From Princess Maritza by Brebner, Percy James

How different are they from our sombre friends of the —th, who, miles and marches away to the southeast, are dismounting and unsaddling under the cottonwoods!

From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles