excellent order
Example Sentences
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The British navy was in excellent order, but the many calls made on it for the protection of world-wide commerce and colonial possessions caused the operations in the Channel to be somewhat languid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
They saw the glare of the camp-fires and moved more slowly, with greater caution, in excellent order, until they had all but surrounded the bad-medicine camp-ground.
From The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard
Commonwealth troops, cadets in khaki, and police in black uniform, though stationed only sparsely along the line, maintained excellent order.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Everything about his house and estate was in excellent order.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
And, as a matter of fact, everything at Parashino was in excellent order.
From A Russian Gentleman by S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich) Aksakov