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Example sentences for "outlaw"

Lexicographically close words:
outlandish; outlands; outlast; outlasted; outlasts; outlawe; outlawed; outlawes; outlawing; outlawry
  1. When the outlaw lay securely bound Luke summoned the farmer.

  2. There was the notorious outlaw standing in the doorway with an ironical smile upon his face.

  3. The desk opened, the outlaw began at once to search eagerly for the money.

  4. Then it will be the worse for you," said the outlaw vindictively.

  5. The outlaw went downstairs, stepping as lightly as he could.

  6. Whenever I saw my way clear to taking it," said the outlaw boldly.

  7. The outlaw was lifted from the wagon and carried upstairs to the attic.

  8. The outlaw seated himself on the bed and the cord about his wrists was loosened so that he might be able to eat.

  9. Very well; drive on then," said the outlaw sullenly.

  10. The terrified woman uttered a scream of dismay that excited the fierce outlaw still more.

  11. Here he was in the bowels of the earth on intimate terms with an outlaw and his family.

  12. Here the outlaw pulled up his horse and jumped from the buggy.

  13. He brought in his hand the cut fragments of the cord with which the outlaw had originally been bound.

  14. In spite of his fortitude the outlaw showed traces of emotion.

  15. On a bed Ernest's attention was drawn to the figure of a sleeping boy--evidently the original of the picture which the outlaw had shown him.

  16. But in his judgment of Luke the outlaw was very much at fault.

  17. Instead, however, of being killed, as they expected, the fugitives were civilly treated; eventually they were received into full fellowship by the outlaw community.

  18. The word being given, the whole outlaw community moved out of the forest and assembled between the Umlengaan hill and the Umgazi river, at a spot agreed upon.

  19. Art thou not already an outlaw and a runaway from thy people?

  20. The friends of the outlaw made a last effort to bring about an accommodation.

  21. Photographs of the outlaw were obtained and distributed among the men.

  22. McMahon and Leroyer, by simply going up to the door, and grasping the outlaw firmly the moment he came out, might have made the capture in a perfectly certain though commonplace manner.

  23. Perhaps the outlaw realized at last how severely he had tried his friends' patience.

  24. This measure, undertaken with the proper motive of putting an end to the struggle by depriving the outlaw of all chance of help, was impolitic.

  25. The Jumper had told Old Tassel that Little John wanted the Creeks and Hajason turned back, and the bulk of the warriors were following the outlaw to strip him of his escort.

  26. McGillivray conquered his desire to run out and interrogate the outlaw and resumed his chair at the table, forcing himself to an appearance of indifference.

  27. Just inside the threshold the outlaw halted and stared insolently at the emperor.

  28. But the man called Hester helped you in this little coup,” said McGillivray, now folding his arms and leaning back to stare the outlaw squarely in the face.

  29. To go after the outlaw and scare the truth from him would mean an encounter with the Indians, who had been ordered to treat him as a coward did they catch him turning back.

  30. To the outlaw McGillivray said: “Suppose you say just what sort of a bargain you wish to make with me.

  31. The outlaw was a villain of large activities.

  32. Sevier inwardly raged as he knocked the legs from under an outlaw closing in on his right.

  33. For some half-hour the Imp and I strolled to and fro in the moonlight, during which he related to me much about his outlaw and the many "ruses he had employed to get him provision.

  34. Well, two days ago, as I was tracking a base caitiff through the woods with my trusty bow and arrow, I found a real outlaw in the old boat-house.

  35. Out there one of Kitchell’s men, or perhaps the outlaw himself, was riding Shiloh.

  36. Just how had this fallen into outlaw hands?

  37. This meant the outlaw must have set up some plan for avoiding pursuit.

  38. If Kitchell had made such a sweeping raid, he would be certain to run the animals in that direction, for the outlaw was fully aware of Rennie’s reputation and temper, and knew that Don Cazar would trail him with set determination.

  39. Whatever else the outlaw might be, he was an experienced field commander.

  40. But to my knowledge he never held a commission from the South, and he is nothing but an outlaw trading on the unsettled state of the territory.

  41. But he could hope that, if Kitchell had stocked some hidden canyons with stolen horses, the outlaw leader had left no guards on duty thereabouts.

  42. Nothing Drew knew of that tribe fitted in with the idea of a white outlaw band sharing their hunting ground unmolested.

  43. I did not know at that time that Butler had been declared an outlaw by Jeff Davis, but I suppose the commanding general of the army of the James was aware of the fact.

  44. At last the white Eskimo was pinned upon his back and Moonshine Sam’s knife began slowly to descend against the strength of the outlaw leader’s left hand clutching the knife wrist.

  45. Then the spear flashed through the moonlight, a streak of potent death, but the white outlaw was not an expert spear thrower.

  46. It was not until then that the victorious outlaw discovered the two policemen descending upon him.

  47. The white outlaw parried Mistak’s swift thrust and sent him reeling backward, almost falling when one snowshoe caught on its mate.

  48. Dick, Sandy and Toma were to remain in camp, and as soon as Constable Sloan and Sipsa came in with the searching parties, the boys were to report to them the escape of the outlaw and pass on orders for their aid in retaking the prisoner.

  49. Yet that did not prevent the outlaw from continuing his strike and run tactics.

  50. Mistak was making for the other outlaw at a spraddling run, as Moonshine Sam aimed the spear to throw it back.

  51. The two half-breeds turned and climbed back into the ravine with their load, but the white outlaw tarried for a parting word.

  52. It was strength against strength now as each outlaw strove to bring his knife downward for a fatal thrust.

  53. The fellow you inquire for was an outcast and an outlaw when he came to us.

  54. An outlaw has no civil rights, and can claim none.

  55. Since that first flight, Raphael, I have led the hiding and hunted life of an outlaw and a criminal!

  56. But long ere that my father had fled the country an outlaw and the companion of outlaws.

  57. If a Chink fresh from the odorous Orient can walk in on us like this, I’d like to know what an outlaw who really meant business could do!

  58. Look here,” explained Ben, “if Phillips and Mendoza are in this vicinity they are familiar with the stir of outlaw life about this place.

  59. I shall have all I can attend to at the levers,” he said, “so you’ll have to keep watch for Jimmie and his outlaw escort.

  60. Ben, “with that outlaw machine chasing him up!

  61. My idea is that it can’t be very far away at this time, and I’m wondering whether the outlaw who talked with Kit won’t find it before night.

  62. It might have been the outlaw machine now chasing Jimmie,” suggested Ben.

  63. Of course the outlaw saw the chase,” suggested Kit.

  64. Yes, that was really more associated with the famous outlaw than Mansfield.

  65. He dreaded to be forced into a position of illegality and revolt, because it would enable his enemies to outlaw him.

  66. Mounted on police chargers, conspicuous in their tricolor scarves, and lighted by torches, they made known in every street that Robespierre was now an outlaw under sentence of death.

  67. The other had come from no outlaw ship, seeking a refuge across space, as his own people had fled to a new life from tyranny.

  68. The only answer could be another outlaw colony ship.

  69. The few weapons their outlaw ancestors had brought with them on their desperate flight to the stars were long since useless, and they had had no way of duplicating them.

  70. He was not as tall nor as heavily built as those Terran outlaw ancestors who had fled political enemies across the Galaxy to establish a foothold on Astra, and there were other subtle differences between his generation and the parent stock.

  71. While the sheriff was unafraid, he had befitting respect for the quality of The Orphan's marksmanship, which was reputed as being above reproach; and he was not expected to determine offhand whether the outlaw was above lying in ambush.

  72. The outlaw came out of his reverie and looked him searchingly in the face as he gripped the outstretched hand with a grip which made the driver wince.

  73. He had become an outlaw and was legitimate prey for any man who had the chance and grit to turn the trick.

  74. The outlaw held them covered while the sheriff told them what they were, and he wound up his lecture with instructions and a warning.

  75. I can't stand this loafing, for it don't amount to much more than that now that The Orphan has graduated out of the outlaw class.

  76. Could he have seen the look which the outlaw flashed at him he would have quailed with sudden fear.

  77. As they neared each other the outlaw noticed something peculiar about the sheriff's ear, and his look of inquiry was rewarded.

  78. I reckon we do, Sheriff, and I'm blamed glad to have met you," replied the outlaw as he shook hands with no uncertain grip.

  79. The outlaw finally stopped about a hundred yards down the trail and looked out, using his glasses.

  80. So this is how the former outlaw became temporary foreman of the A-Y under the sheriff.

  81. He had seen The Orphan at Ace High the year before, when the outlaw had ridden in for a supply of cartridges, and he instantly recalled the face.

  82. That cursed outlaw has got to be killed, d----n him!

  83. He turned abruptly and strode to the outlaw and shoved out his hand.

  84. He did not like a glutton, and he would tell the outlaw so in his own way.

  85. So this, then, was the dreaded Orphan, the outlaw of whom her brother had written!

  86. The outlaw had given him plenty of chances to kill and had thought nothing of it, time and time again turning his back without hesitation.

  87. Pietro da Castelnuovo was an outlaw from Tuscany for the murder of a Carmelite friar, which he had committed at Pietrasanta a few days before the assassination of Lelio.

  88. On the contrary, if he had been useful in ridding the world of an outlaw some prince wished to kill, this murder made him a hero.

  89. Therefore they offered free pardon to a bandit and a couple of accomplices, who might undertake the capture or the murder of the proscribed outlaw in concert, and in the event of his being produced alive, a sum of money down.

  90. Marcello was an outlaw for the murder of Matteo Pallavicino, the brother of the Cardinal of that name.

  91. The position of an outlaw in that case was tolerably secure, except against private vengeance or the cupidity of professional cut-throats, who gained an honest livelihood by murdering bandits with a good price on their heads.

  92. This [Sidenote: Edward the outlaw departed this life.

  93. The outlaw asks the brother's name, finds that he himself is the man, and takes his own life with the same weapon that had shed the blood of his sisters.

  94. Money packages were in the saddlebags, and Will was minded to save them if he could, so, as the outlaw reached for the booty, Will touched the pony with his foot, and the upshot was satisfactory to an unexpected degree.

  95. Before him was the man with the revolver, a genteeler outlaw than the rest-ticket-of-leave man, who had been transported for forgery.

  96. Nay, I am not sure that you would have been as incredulous now, if told that the wild outlaw before you had some claim by birth or by nurture to the rank of gentleman, as you would had you seen the gay spendthrift in his gaudy day.

  97. Each and all, I copied them on parchment of my own make when, a child, I dwelt outlaw with my kinsman in the mound of my father's father.

  98. The outlaw will not again trouble the son of Pepin.

  99. With the instinctive readiness of his outlaw uprearing, Olvir sprang aside and tore Al-hatif from its sheath.

  100. The bloody outlaw shall not fare at will about my realm.

  101. A blow between the helmet-rim and the gold collar of the hauberk-- But already the outlaw was at the other door.

  102. Otherwise, how should an outlaw whose face is so well known that you recognized him instantly--how should he dare to approach the palace?


  103. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outlaw" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abstract; actionable; alien; anarchic; anarchistic; ban; banish; bar; barbarian; betrayer; blackball; blacklist; bootleg; boycott; castaway; chuck; clear; contraband; convict; criminal; crook; cut; debar; deceiver; delinquent; deny; deport; derelict; deserter; desperado; disallow; eject; eliminate; embargo; enjoin; eradicate; exclude; excommunicate; exile; expatriate; expel; felon; felonious; flawed; forbid; foreigner; fugitive; gangster; gringo; illegal; illegitimate; illicit; inhibit; interdict; irregular; jailbird; lawbreaker; lawless; leper; liquidate; malefactor; offender; outcast; outlander; outlaw; outlawed; outsider; pariah; preclude; prevent; prohibit; proscribe; punishable; purge; refugee; refuse; reject; relegate; remove; repress; rid; sinner; snub; spurn; stranger; suppress; swindler; taboo; thief; thug; traitor; transgressor; transport; triable; unauthorized; unconstitutional; undesirable; unlawful; unofficial; untouchable; unwarrantable; unwarranted; veto; villain; wanderer; wrongdoer; wrongful