THOROUGHBRED in a Sentence

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11 example sentences for THOROUGHBRED, such as:

1. This daughter of the shadows was thoroughbred.
2. On the thirteenth of June a rather small, thoroughbred Arab horse was brought to Napoleon.
3. But they knew instinctively, as they knew thoroughbred horses from scrubs, that he was not of their class.
4. When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
5. Denisov in a felt cloak and a sheepskin cap from which the rain ran down was riding a thin thoroughbred horse with sunken sides.

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 Meanings and Examples of THOROUGHBRED
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thoroughbred
 n.  any of a breed of horses, bred chiefly for racing; well-bred person
Classic Sentence:
1  He was riding a very fine thoroughbred gray Arab horse with a crimson gold-embroidered saddlecloth.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XXI
2  On the thirteenth of June a rather small, thoroughbred Arab horse was brought to Napoleon.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II
3  Denisov in a felt cloak and a sheepskin cap from which the rain ran down was riding a thin thoroughbred horse with sunken sides.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV
4  Vronsky had put his name down, bought a thoroughbred English mare, and in spite of his love affair, he was looking forward to the races with intense, though reserved, excitement.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 18
5  Prince Kuzovlev sat with a white face on his thoroughbred mare from the Grabovsky stud, while an English groom led her by the bridle.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 24
6  But they knew instinctively, as they knew thoroughbred horses from scrubs, that he was not of their class.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
7  This daughter of the shadows was thoroughbred.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR
8  I'd gladly give the horses free of charge if I knew they were going to be ridden by boys I know, gentlemen used to thoroughbreds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Four and six bobtailed thoroughbreds rolled their coaches to town; open hospitality and gay entertainment were the rule.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
Example Sentence:
1  When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
2  Metro Meteor, a 10-year-old thoroughbred bay in rural Maryland, is enjoying singular success.