Example Sentences

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“It looks like a deer country,” Joses had said as they were tethering the horses amongst some magnificent grass.

From The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains by Hildibrand, Henri Théophile

While they were tethering their horses and preparing for the night, the sharp eyes of the Indian guide caught sight of a gleam of light at the bottom of a deep gorge beneath them.

From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by Fowler, William Worthington

While they were tethering their horses and mules there in a little glade all the animals began to tremble violently and it required Will's utmost efforts to soothe them.

From The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)