man on horseback

Example Sentences

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The show, now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, culminates with a monumental sculpture of a fallen man on horseback, draped over the horse as if he had just been shot, his Nikes dangling below the saddle.

From New York Times

There is also a second sense in which I have rethought my views on civil-military relations in the face of a civilian “Man on Horseback” scenario.

From Salon

After a career of galloping to hounds, and a historic reputation as America's premier man on horseback, he was never able to hold his seat in the saddle with the same confidence.

From Literature

He invokes what is thought to be the very first moving image, captured by the 19th-century inventor and adventurer Eadweard Muybridge, of a man on horseback.

From New York Times

Advocates have also come across images of yellow and black coasters showing a man on horseback with his reins in the air, chasing a family of three.

From Seattle Times