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Streams we could have forded easily enough—Marlene seemed quite happy to go back and forth carrying two of us at a time.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"You couldn't have forded the Wea this time last week," said the host, addressing Gwynne.

From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr

The melting of the snow often makes a raging torrent, level from bank to bank, where only a few hours before a horse could have forded the stream without wetting the girths of the saddle.

From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by Inglis, James

I have forded de river dar lots of times.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

"I guess that our men have forded the river and are holding the bank," said Canby.

From The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)