calvary

Example Sentences

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And when the calvary arrives in Episode 6 of "The Rings of Power," they do so on horses.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2022

It took penalties, in the end, to separate the teams, to determine which set of fans would remember this journey as a holiday and which a calvary.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

So began a calvary of severe fatigue, brain fog, imbalance and other symptoms that are still with her eight months later.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021

His calvary - his enemies would say "deceit" - goes back to 2006.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2016

In this action 600 English horsemen, under the earl of Cardigan, charged a Russian force of 5,000 calvary and six batallions of infantry.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham