unhorse

Example Sentences

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Unseating Bush was daunting, as it is to unhorse any incumbent president.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2019

Shiniest Republican statewide hopeful: Newcomer William B. Bantz, 40, burly, personable former U.S. district attorney from Spokane, his party's nominee to unhorse Democrat Senator Henry M. Jackson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inevitably, some Administration forces thought that McCarthy's move to unhorse Johnson might, in fact, confirm everyone's faith in American political fourflushing.

From Time Magazine Archive

D'Artagnan furiously swings out on a rope to unhorse an adversary, only to swing right past both horse and rider and come down in a pool of mud.

From Time Magazine Archive

On arriving at Charlemagne's court, Argalio stipulates that all the knights he defeats shall belong to his sister, whom in return he offers as prize to any knight able to unhorse him.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)