Example Sentences

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A great white cow was fording through the river of traffic, vehicles parting to let it through.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

As Charles was fording the stream on horseback, one man was swept away from the rest and was being rapidly carried down.

From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

Once Old Man was fording a river, when the current carried him down stream, and he lost his weapons.

From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by Grinnell, George Bird

Tish called back something about the beauties of nature and riding over a carpet of flowers, but my horse was fording a small stream at the time and I was too occupied to reply.

From Tish by Rinehart, Mary Roberts