1842 examples of trotted in sentences

" The man obeyed, and the girls and Arthur trotted after them back to the pressroom.

Charles Sumner was then trotted, out, viz.:

The Borderer lost not a moment in taking his resolution, and boldly trotted against his enemies in front, who called loudly on him to stand and deliver.

"Miles, I do suppose," he remarked, as we trotted along, "that them that haven't had the advantage of being brought up at home never get a fair growth.

He trotted his horse up the glade, while behind him rode four cavaliers in the same dressall clean-shaven, with round, comely faces, looking to me more like monks than dragoons.

I glanced round at this, and I perceived that we had trotted along at so good a pace during the time that we were keeping up our pleasant chat, that the dragoon with the lame horse was altogether out of sight.

Then they trotted away for the wind grew high, One acorn they left and no more might you spy.

The ammunition wagon pulled up into place beside the gun, the traces flung clear, and the teams hauled round and trotted off.

It is true that the Mate and the Second Engineer fox-trotted twice round the deck and into the galley, where they upset a ship's tin of gravy; and the story that the Trimmer, his complexion liberally enriched with oil and coaldust, embraced the Lieutenant and excitedly hailed the Skipper by his privy pseudonym of "Plum-face," cannot be lightly discredited; but at the same time I think each one of us felt a certain twinge of regret.

He had unshipped his knife and was offering his sergeant long odds on scoring first "pink," when our two squadron trumpeters trotted out from a near-by coppice and solemnly puffed "Cease Fire"for all the world as if it was the end of a field-day on the Plain and time to trot home to tea.

I've performed the "tickle-toe" With its forty steps or so, I have learnt a native dance in Costa Rica; I've fox-trotted in Stranraer, Irish-jigged in Mullingar,

In tenderest rallying one day of the child who trotted after her everywhere, content to sit, or stand, or wait, if only she might touch hand or dress of "mamma," she said: "Little one (the name by which she always called me), if you cling to mamma in this way, I must really get a string and tie you to my apron, and how will you like that?"

In childhood he had trotted her to Banbury Cross and back a hundred times, beguiling the tedium of the journey with kisses and the music of bells.

" The good woman trotted off to the dairy, and Susie sewed demurely, waiting with some trepidation for what was to come next.

There now, ain't that better?" Roy was too tired out to resist, though he made a faint protest, and Dudley seeing him comfortably settled on the broad shoulders of the lad, trotted along contentedly by his side.

The pony trotted forward briskly, and the boys would have thoroughly enjoyed this escapade, except for the fears of their friend's safety.

" And Dudley trotted off to his grandmother's room.

" Again Columbus signified his agreement by kissing her hair, in a rather gingerly fashion on account of the smoke; after which, as she seemed to have nothing further to say, he got up, shook himself, and trotted off to explore the crannies in the cliffs.

When the buffalo began to trot, the men trotted, and when the herd began to lope, the men loped, and at length they were all running pretty fast.

The slopes of the hill wore the fresh green of June pasture lands; and three colts trotted up to the fence, nickering as they came....

They have trotted about the globe as though the whole world were home to them.

Bondsman trotted in, nosed Dorothy's hand, and looked up at his master.

He trotted to Shoop's cabin, and stood looking up at the door.

He raised his head, and turning, trotted away with ease and grace for such a huge beast.

On the way back to camp we ran across many elk beds and deer trails, and for a while a small band of elk evidently trotted ahead of us, but out of sight.

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