man on horseback
Example Sentences
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Advocates have also come across images of yellow and black coasters showing a man on horseback with his reins in the air, chasing a family of three.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022
A man on horseback rode by on a roadcut in the bluff above us, a rifle strapped to his shoulder.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Most of these equestrian statues were erected long ago, and depicting a man on horseback was a way of honoring him.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2019
“That’s why Nietzsche said if you want to be a man on horseback, forget history, because it’ll stifle you—you’ll get full of doubts.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2018
Down in the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai, they say there are oceans of ghost grass, taller than a man on horseback with stalks as pale as milkglass.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
