Example Sentences

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The coffin draped in an old Virginia flag was brought into the cemetery on a mule-drawn wagon followed by a riderless horse.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

The Riverside County, California, sheriff’s mounted unit was led by a riderless horse in honor of Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, who was slain during a traffic stop on Dec. 29.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

Others had watched a procession of black-and-white police cars and officers on horseback head toward the cemetery along with a riderless horse with empty boots facing backward in the stirrups, signifying a fallen officer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2022

Some of these scenarios' accompanying sights have recurred frequently to become central to our apocalyptic visual lexicon: planes dropping from the sky, highways choked by lifeless cars or riderless horses.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2021

Both lances exploded, and by the time the splinters had settled, a riderless blood bay was trotting off in search of grass while Ser Jaime Lannister rolled in the dirt, golden and dented.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin