Example Sentences

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She did not seem apprehensive about leaving the shop ungarrisoned.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

At the mouth of the river are the Bogue Forts, which played such a part in the English war of 1841, but which were sadly battered, and now lie dismantled and ungarrisoned.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

The Boers had left it ungarrisoned, thinking it useless either to themselves or to the enemy.

From Sir John French An Authentic Biography by Chisholm, Cecil

All ungarrisoned towns will be garrisoned as soon as troops become available.

From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.

We have offered them a most taking bait, by announcing wrongfully the departure of six regiments for India; thus leaving the large towns in the North apparently ungarrisoned.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James