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Example sentences for "chariot"

Lexicographically close words:
charges; chargeth; charging; chargis; chargit; charioted; charioteer; charioteers; chariotry; chariots
  1. We might imagine it the adornment of a throne or chair of state, or the end of a chariot pole, or a portion of the stem of a candelabrum.

  2. The warrior and his horse (one only is seen) are rudely drawn, but the chariot is very distinctly made out, and has a wheel of an Assyrian type.

  3. The first and second boats are separated by two prancing steeds, the second and third by two cows, the third and fourth by a chariot and pair.

  4. When day came, we discovered it to be a huge hill, called 'the Chariot of the Gods.

  5. The ape, baffled, pursues his way; the chariot is replaced on the earth.

  6. Remounting his chariot the hunter sets out on his return home, when the baboon quits his concealment, and rushes after him, threatening him with a huge stone.

  7. Each base was emplaced upon four wheels, which are said to have resembled chariot wheels, but which were molten in one piece, naves, spokes, and felloes together.

  8. One day, when we were driving for a wager-we were still boys, and I was ahead of the other lads--the horses of my chariot shied to one side.

  9. Sunk in the cushions on one side, Bassianus Antoninus is reclining rather than sitting in the four-wheeled open chariot of Gallic make which sweeps past.

  10. But Phoebus Apollo himself guides his chariot with his divine hands.

  11. It was splendidly decorated, and on the top stood the gilt chariot in which he had loved to ride.

  12. I heard more than enough; for, as we got closer to the Serapeum, the more slowly was the chariot obliged to proceed, to make its way through the crowd.

  13. Four tawny bay horses of medium size, dappled with black, harnessed abreast and wide apart, fly along the cleared road like hunted foxes, the light Gallic chariot at their heels.

  14. The chariot waits for me at the Temple of Isis.

  15. He did not make use of the imperial chariot in waiting for him, but returned to his lodgings on foot, in such good spirits, and so well satisfied with himself, as he had not been before since leaving Rome.

  16. Adventus will see that you have a chariot or a litter, whichever you please.

  17. The maiden who comes in the lady Euryale's chariot is spotless, you may swear.

  18. Apollo stands in the chariot of the sun, and some of the Hours seem to be seeking to restrain the course of his horses.

  19. And he did the same with another drawing by Buonarroti, in which Phaethon, not being able to manage the chariot of the Sun, has fallen into the Po, and his weeping sisters are transformed into trees.

  20. Philip went up into the chariot and preached unto him Jesus.

  21. Had the Eunuch been reading Christ's Sermon on the Mount with the veil which was rent on Calvary clear lifted from his eyes, he might not have stopped that chariot to baptize with water.

  22. As the Eunuch rode in his chariot he read from Esaias the prophet.

  23. The great prophet Elijah, who was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire without tasting death, was to visit the earth in the last days.

  24. The prophet Elijah who was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire without tasting death is doubtless referred to.

  25. But as to thee, O king, thou hast not so treated us since we came hither; for thou hast a chariot and two steeds, which exceed all the chariots and steeds in the world, and yet we have never seen them.

  26. The red spear rewarded our deeds, When Pezar the mighty we slew; And the fight for the chariot and steeds, Ah, long shall the Sigarites rue!

  27. So, early next morning, his chariot was yoked for him, and he set out with his attendants for the king's palace; and they travelled with all speed till they arrived at the shore of Lake Darvra.

  28. The Chariot and Steeds of the King of Sigar, 74 X.

  29. Yoke a chariot to them, and place the mermaid in it; and into whatsoever territory they shall bring her, she shall remain with the owner thereof.

  30. The chariot exceeds all the chariots in the world for beauty of shape and goodliness of workmanship.

  31. Then ordering her steeds to be yoked to her chariot she departed westwards, leaving the four white swans swimming on the lake.

  32. The guerdon we demand is yonder chariot and steeds; these we mean to have, and we shall ask for nothing more.

  33. They remained in the palace for a month and a fortnight, looking round and carefully noting everything; but they saw nothing of the chariot and steeds.

  34. Let us put on our travelling array, and take our arms of valour in our hands; and in this fashion let us go before the king, and tell him that unless he shows us the chariot and steeds, we shall leave his service.

  35. The two steeds and the chariot belong to Dobar, king of Sigar.

  36. My counsel is, that we go as soldiers from Erin, willing to serve for pay; and should the king take us into his service, it is likely we shall find out where the chariot and steeds are kept.

  37. Resting now for some days from their toil, they resolved to seek the steeds and chariot of the king of Sigar; for this was the next part of the Ildana's eric-fine.

  38. In this way the entire angelology of the Bible, including even Ezekiel's vision of the heavenly chariot (the Merkabah), in becoming a part of the Maimonidean system turns into natural philosophy pure and simple.

  39. They surround the throne or chariot of God; they comprise His heavenly court or council; they sing His praise and obey His call.

  40. Finally came a very beautiful triumphal chariot drawn by two savages, and decorated with many arches of flowers and gilded figures of angels.

  41. Before the chariot was a band of clarion-players.

  42. After the chariot came Original Sin, tied with a chain, and so well made up for his part that he became a mark for the blows and pinches of the people.

  43. At once the Four spred out thir Starrie wings With dreadful shade contiguous, and the Orbes Of his fierce Chariot rowld, as with the sound Of torrent Floods, or of a numerous Host.

  44. I will make to be harnessed for thee a chariot of lapis-lazuli and gold.

  45. People were standing in open doorways, groups were gathered at street corners, eager voices named the occupants of chariot or sedan, mostly wrong.

  46. George found her chariot at the door when he came back from despatching his wife in the Richmond stage.

  47. I can take you back to your house in a hackney coach;" and on this the chariot was dismissed.

  48. You must have been vastly tired of him by the time you got home, after being boxed in a travelling chariot for over a se'nnight.

  49. Twas all the coachman could do to steer horses and chariot through the crowd.

  50. The crowd had gathered thickly, and had spread itself over the greater part of the common when Lady Kilrush's chariot drew up on the outskirts of the assembly.

  51. In that hour a chariot with two horses was gifted to Saint Kiaranus by a certain lord, namely the son of Crimthannus; which horses with the chariot Saint Kiaranus gave to that poor man.

  52. The story of the grain cast into the breast of a poor man has come down to us in confusion: it is not clear why the chariot is introduced at all.

  53. A chariot with its horses was gifted to Ciaran by Oengus son of Cremthann.

  54. On Monday, the 2nd of January, the Duchess Beatrice drove in her chariot through the park of the Castello and along the streets of the city to the Porta Vercellina and the Church of S.

  55. Behind the chariot came two serpents, ridden by two other youths, dressed like the first riders.

  56. She drove to the spot in a chariot with a raised seat at the back, very much like the pulpits from which friars preach!

  57. What drives the chariot on of winter's light, And stops the lazy waggon of the night.

  58. Oenomaus, father of Hippodameia, would give her only to the suitor who could overcome him in a chariot race.

  59. Dawn on our bewilderment, thou new Berline; dawn on us, thou Sun-chariot of a new Berline, with the destinies of France!

  60. They ride slowly Eastward, towards Sainte-Menehould; still hoping the Sun-Chariot of a Berline may overtake them.

  61. Captains, in a state near distraction, beat the dusky highway, with a face of indifference; and no Sun-Chariot appears.

  62. A chariot was waiting for him and there was no lack of slaves, so he began this fresh task at once and devoted himself to it till late at night.

  63. As he got out of the chariot at the post-house he observed the reflection of fire over the sea and was immediately after told by a slave that it was the palace that was burning.

  64. Our chariot waits for you at the garden-door.

  65. Now, stow the chariot in there among the bushes.

  66. On his journey thither, he met, in a narrow part of the road, a chariot proceeding in the counter direction from Thebes to Delphi.

  67. The haughty grandee who occupied the chariot rose up in fury to avenge this outrage, fought with the young stranger, and was himself killed.

  68. The young amazon who had been sent back, drove her chariot and her Kaffir passenger almost noiselessly.

  69. The chariot jolted suddenly and overturned, sending Ned and his bundle sprawling.

  70. He had never seen a chariot outside of pictures before, therefore these interested him vastly, with their carving, gilding, and bright colours.

  71. The man then advised that the flagstaff should be taken out and used as a lever, and at last the chariot was extricated.

  72. O thou inhabitant of Lachish [swift steed], bind the chariot to the swift steed: she is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  73. So urgent was the need, and so deep the sense of Elisha's greatness, that the three kings in person went on an embassy "to the servant of him who ran before the chariot of Ahab.

  74. His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo.

  75. At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep" (Psalm lxxvi.

  76. History records scarcely another instance of such a scene, except when Tullia, a century later, drove her chariot over the dead body of her father Servius Tullius in the Vicus Sceleratus of ancient Rome.

  77. We see Jehu driving his fierce chariot over the body of the painted Tyrian Queen.

  78. True, he had been one of Ahab's bodyguard, and had ridden before him in a chariot at least twenty years earlier, and had now risen by valour and capacity to the high station of captain of the host.


  79. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chariot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.