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Example sentences for "mounted upon"

  • The drum is mounted upon a stand so as to be free to revolve easily.

  • One conspicuous advantage of the Williamson machine is that the whole of the mechanism is mounted upon a skeleton casting fixed to the interior of the mahogany case by means of four screws.

  • The reason why it offers the best chance of securing a continuous record is that its sensitized ribbon is mounted upon a drum, a single winding of which produces a photographic record about 3 feet 6 inches in length.

  • The film is mounted upon a special frame.

  • I have never learned to ride, father," he said reproachfully; "and it is all fresh to me to be mounted upon a spirited horse like this.

  • He turned to the doorway, through which they could see Brookes mounted upon one of the horses and cantering straight away.

  • Finally, a number of heavy guns, mounted upon a high embankment, could also play upon the water-course.

  • The shed is mounted upon a centre pivot and wheels engaged with these inner and outer tracks.

  • The machine gun, of the Hotchkiss type, is mounted upon a swivel attached to a tripod, while the latter is built into the bracing of the car, so as to ensure a fairly steady gun platform.

  • The shed is mounted upon a double turn-table, there being two circular tracks the one near the centre of the shed and the other towards its extremities.

  • And so, mounted upon Blanchet, Renaud galloped furiously away upon his tracks of the night, intending to kill Zinzara.

  • She is also supposed to be a great huntress, and to lead the Wild Hunt, mounted upon a white horse, her attendants being changed into hounds and all manner of wild beasts.

  • The gods therefore bade one of the storm giants hasten off to summon Hyrrokin, and she soon appeared, mounted upon a gigantic wolf, which she guided by a bridle made of writhing snakes.

  • The gate was so far from all human abode that even Hermod the swift, mounted upon Sleipnir, had to journey nine long nights ere he reached the river Giöll.

  • Mounted upon Holtspur's steed, he was at that moment placing himself at the head of the troop, preliminary to commencing the march.

  • Presently up came the dogs, who had now lost all scent of their game, and a gentleman, mounted upon a fine horse, who asked Harry if he had seen the hare.

  • We accordingly began our march, mounted upon camels, which are found much more useful than horses in such a burning climate.

  • Any convenient number of these moulds are set radially in the wheel, which is mounted upon a central pivot, supported by the masonry b b.

  • This millstone is mounted upon an upright shaft I, which receives rotatory motion from the bevel wheel work K, driven by the winch L.

  • The fabric or goods to be operated upon being first wound tightly upon a roller, that roller is to be mounted upon an axle or pivot, bearing in arms or brackets at the back of the machine, as shown at D.

  • So, mounted upon a clever mountain-bred hackney, we cleared the town about 9.

  • Mounted upon a table, he delivered some words which were quite lost, but his desperately energetic gestures were seen and were responded to with cries of "Down with popery!

  • Mounted upon a table a young girl of sixteen danced with a man's cocked hat slipping down over her eyes.

  • The casting is mounted upon a close-fitting arbor attached to a plate bolted to the faceplate of the lathe, and is driven by two pins which engage holes on the rear side.

  • The characteristic feature of a turret lathe is the turret which is mounted upon a carriage and contains the tools which are successively brought into the working position by indexing or rotating the turret.

  • The house can more easily be moved about if mounted upon =Casters.

  • The light should be mounted upon a standard, such as is shown in Fig.

  • In order not to leave human footprints behind him, the trapper often sets them while mounted upon horseback.

  • By evening the woman’s husband had returned, and proved to be a little lame and withered-looking man, mounted upon a lean and skinny horse.

  • When long flights are undertaken, and it would be inconvenient for an airman to change from one map section to another, he uses a narrow strip-map, mounted upon a couple of rollers, and fitted in a case with a transparent cover.

  • That an aircraft may carry explosives, and drop them with accuracy, is now an established fact; also that a machine-gun can be mounted upon a machine, and fired successfully at a target while the craft is in flight.

  • Almost at the same instant a horseman was seen to sally forth, mounted upon a small grey horse; and the door was at once closed behind him.

  • Even a lady, mounted upon a steed much smaller than yours, was sufficiently conspicuous to be identified.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mounted upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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