5 sentences with 'horsemen'
Example sentences and phrases with the word horsemen and other words derived from it.
• « The Huns were warriors from the steppes of Central Asia: expert horsemen, skilled warriors, unattached to any particular land. »
• « Disease had always been the greatest threat to humanity before the 19th century - of the "four horsemen of the apocalypse", it was plague that traditionally delivered the most bodies to death. »
• « The Persian armies had landed on the plain of Marathon - 40 kilometres north of Athens - with their 100,000 infantry and 10,000 horsemen. The Athenians, vastly outnumbered, met them and forced them back to the sea; this defensive tactic is recognised as a masterpiece of military art. »
• « Expecting secrecy, his troops left Boston under cover of darkness, but Boston horsemen informed the militia of British plans. »
• « Paul Revere was one of these horsemen, but the British captured him and he never finished his journey. »