Example Sentences

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Even as Johnson spoke, nearly 16,000 troops of the Army's recently created "Airmobile Division" were saddling up to leave their Fort Benning, Ga., base to head for South Viet Nam.

From Time Magazine Archive

While his guests were saddling up he quickly mastered the contents, and his astonishment did not decrease.

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram

The two boys all the while were saddling their horses and preparing for flight in case the animal followed them.

From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Spalding, Henry S.

Sulkily men were saddling and preparing for the road.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

Some that night in the storm when he and I were saddling the horses to ride to Mic-co's.

From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona