man on horseback
Example Sentences
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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 • Jul. 20, 2022
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 • Jun. 14, 2022
During his second term as president, Jefferson was said to have run into a man on horseback near Monticello who proceeded to engage him in a lengthy complaint of everything wrong in Washington.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022
Most of these equestrian statues were erected long ago, and depicting a man on horseback was a way of honoring him.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2019
Down in the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai, they say there are oceans of ghost grass, taller than a man on horseback with stalks as pale as milkglass.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
