RIDER in a Sentence

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51 example sentences for RIDER, such as:

1. The bearer looked nobler than the rider.
2. We ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider.
3. The runners and riders appear in Friday's Racing Post.
4. Bucking and kicking, the fractious horse unseated its rider.
5. The rider, who was Venn, waved his hat in the air and bowed gallantly.

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 Meanings and Examples of RIDER
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rider
 n.  amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  Ashley Wilkes was elected captain, because he was the best rider in the County and because his cool head was counted on to keep some semblance of order.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  The big horse reached the fence, gathered himself and soared over as effortlessly as a bird, his rider yelling enthusiastically, his crop beating the air, his white curls jerking out behind him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  The bearer looked nobler than the rider.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
4  Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 58. Brit.
5  The industry and movements of the rider were not less remarkable than those of the ridden.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
6  Thence he went to the side of the motherly animal, and spending a minute in a fruitless inquiry into the character of her rider, he shook his head and returned to Heyward.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  The face of a youthful rider, who was jerking his frantic horse with an abandon of temper he might display in a placid barnyard, was impressed deeply upon his mind.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  "On the whole, Augustine, I think your talents might do for a circuit rider," said Alfred, laughing.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  Through all this motley assemblage, threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider, there galloped Lucy Ferrier, her fair face flushed with the exercise and her long chestnut hair floating out behind her.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
10  In an instant it reared up upon its hind legs with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed in a way that would have unseated any but a most skilful rider.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
11  The path which the animal adopted rather turned off from the course pursued by the knight during the day; but as the horse seemed confident in his choice, the rider abandoned himself to his discretion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  The wearied horse of Ivanhoe, and its no less exhausted rider, went down, as all had expected, before the well-aimed lance and vigorous steed of the Templar.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  The rider, who was Venn, waved his hat in the air and bowed gallantly.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 2 Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
14  That can only mean that the rider is throwing his weight on to the handle-bar, as a man does when he is sprinting.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
15  We ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Example Sentence:
1  In the King George, his jockey feels, horse and rider proved they belong on this exalted stage.
2  Bucking and kicking, the fractious horse unseated its rider.
3  Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution rider to the bill.
4  The runners and riders appear in Friday's Racing Post.
5  The riders use stirrups and large supporting saddles, so may be a cavalry unit.
6  Some of the riders in this section made heavy weather of the cross-country race.
7  Have you heard the story of the phantom riders passing by in the night?
8  The one big variable is the weather: The forecast is for cloudy skies throughout the day and possibly for stormy when the top riders set off.
9  Since e-bikes have been added to the mix, the term granny-pace has a whole new meaning as riders -often the elderly or parents ferrying children- overtake young racers without breaking a sweat.