steeplechase
noun
a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
steeplechases
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present tense formof steeplechase (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Winning in a time of eight minutes 6.05 seconds, the 28-year-old mirrored the achievement of Finland's Volmari Iso-Hollo, who won back-to-back steeplechases in 1932 and 1936.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Formulaic action scenes became riotous steeplechases as Zorro surmounted obstacles with somersaults and handsprings, sometimes pausing for a snack.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2020
These pieces are bracing, argumentative and engineered to show the range of the group members: fulminous, intense collective improvisation; rapid, chromatic steeplechases; research into long tones and textures.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
The experienced Muir was quick to accept that teenage horses can perform well in steeplechases and admitted that he did not "know a great deal about this horse, physically".
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2012
There are no recognized steeplechases, but generally one or two events at each meeting are reserved for gentlemen riders, and private matches are sometimes arranged.
From A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
