Example Sentences

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Chessmen have marched for hundreds of years across boards in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

May is on the shortlist for The Chessmen, the concluding novel in his series featuring ex-detective inspector Fin Macleod.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2014

He was a member of Denzil Bailey's Afro-Cubists and toured US airbases in the 1950s with the Graham Fleming Combo, later joining 1960s bands such as the Chessmen and Gass.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2012

But few can top the mystery that shrouds the Lewis Chessmen, which are currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Cloisters branch.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2011

Chessmen of rock crystal and gold we coveted, and we liked the room in which are the great, ponderous, gilded state coaches of some century long ago, with their whips, harnesses, and comical postilion boots.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis