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They all gazed with the same dissatisfied and inquiring expression at this stout man in a white hat, who for some unknown reason threatened to trample them under his horse's hoofs. [2]
At last she was roused by the sound of horses' hoofs. [11]
Down swept that vast horse-shoe wave--it approached the sand-belt--my breath stood still; nearer, nearer--the strip of green turf beyond the yellow belt grew narrow--narrower still--became a mere ribbon in front of the horses--then disappeared under their hoofs. [5]
He was about to put his arms round her, when he heard the distant sound of a horse's hoofs. [11]
I trotted up to meet him, and pretended to find him by the sound of his horse's hoofs. [5]
Then Venters caught the fast rhythmic beat of pounding hoofs. [13]
Jane's listening ear soon caught a faint, rapid, rhythmic beat of hoofs. [13]
Sirona was now sitting at her loom in the front room, whither she had been tempted by the sound of approaching hoofs. [10]
There was a silence in which Pierre first, and then all, detected the sound of horses' hoofs. [11]
She was sure she heard a horse's hoofs. [11]

More example sentences with the word hoofs in them

The noise of wheels, hoofs, and bells was heard from the gateway as a little trap passed out. [2]
But Eva knew what had befallen the Eysvogel wares and, although she did not lack courage, she started in terror as she heard the tramp of horses' hoofs and the clank of weapons, not from the city, but within the forest. [10]
The rolling wheels were noiseless, and the sharp ring and clatter of the horses' hoofs, became a dull, muffled tramp. [12]
A thousand fires were burning, and there were no sounds save the murmuring voices of myriads of men, and the stamp of hoofs where the Cavalry and Mounted Infantry horses were picketed. [11]
And now it was peopled, for there came from a cleft of the hills an army of buffaloes lounging slowly down the waste, with tossing manes and hoofs stirring the snow into a feathery scud. [11]
This time she was not mistaken, the beat of hoofs echoed on the air, and it came from the north. [10]
The sound of voices, the tramping feet, the horses' hoofs moving in mud, the crackling of wood fires near and afar, merged into one tremulous rumble. [2]
But Wrangle, as Venters led him, snorted defiance or disgust rather than fear, and, like a hobbled horse on the jump, lifted his ponderous iron-shod fore hoofs and crashed down over the first rough step. [13]
A light white vapor rose from the splendidly fitted bath-house, loud barkings resounded from the dog-kennels, and from the long array of open stables came the neighing of horses with the clatter and stamp of hoofs, and the rattle of harness and chains. [10]
She stood motionless until the horse's hoofs rang on the highroad, and then hurried into her dressing-gown and slippers and went downstairs to the telephone and called a number. [9]
He went down under the hoofs of the enraged animal, as his huge boar- hound, always with him, fastened on the moose's throat, dragged him to the ground, and tore gaping wounds in his neck. [11]
He did not turn his head and did not see those who, judging by the sound of hoofs and voices, had ridden up and stopped near him. [2]
McDermot was about to ask him who he was, when there was a rattle of horse's hoofs, and Cumner's Son galloped excitedly up the court-yard. [11]
They had come to a long piece of corduroy-road, and the horse's hoofs struck rumbling hollow sounds from the floor of cedar logs. [11]
At the same time the clatter of hoofs became audible from the road behind the inn. [10]
At the same time he heard a horse's hoofs, then a knock at the door, and a voice calling: "Jopp! [11]
Rostov heard the thud of their hoofs and the jingle of their weapons and saw their horses, their figures, and even their faces, more and more distinctly. [2]
At that moment they heard the clatter of hoofs, and presently they saw a horse and rider pass the window. [11]
Added to these there were the clatter of hoofs and the roll of wheels, the whinnying of horses, the shouts of command, the rattle of drums, the blare of trumpets, and the shrill pipe of flutes, without a moment's pause. [10]
At that moment there was a sound of hoofs in the court-yard. [11]
Here horses' hoofs, there large and small feet had pressed the snow, yonder hounds had run, and--Great Heaven!--here, by the tree-stump, red blood stained the glimmering white ground. [10]
Sooner or later, then, Jane heard the cracking of horses' hoofs on the stones, and the sound came nearer and nearer. [13]
One by one the troopers rode through the faint belt of light that stretched from the door, and were lost in the darkness, the thud of their horses' hoofs echoing behind them. [11]
He could hear the treading hoofs of the Sheikh's horse. [11]
Behind the company the sound of wheels, the creaking of springs, and the tramp of horses' hoofs were heard. [2]
Presently he detected the sound of hoofs at some distance, and, looking forward, saw a horseman coming in his direction. [6]
During many minutes the only sound that broke the stillness was the clash of armed men, the thud of hoofs, and the snorting and the wild breathing of the chargers. [11]
Soon I heard the noise of clattering hoofs, and jointly with this I saw a figure rise up not far ahead of me, as if waiting for the coming horseman. [11]
He looked at the matting in the long lane before them, and he knew that the bodies which would lie here presently, yielding to the hoofs of the Sheikh's horse, were not sufficient to appease the rabid spirit tearing at the Khedive's soul. [11]
Presently I heard the hoofs of many horses, and soon afterwards there entered the door, and way was made for him up the nave, the Marquis de Vaudreuil and his suite, with the Chevalier de la Darante, the Intendant, and--to my indignation--Juste Duvarney. [11]
On the right the Guards were entering the misty region with a sound of hoofs and wheels and now and then a gleam of bayonets; to the left beyond the village similar masses of cavalry came up and disappeared in the sea of mist. [2]
The hoofs of the grey mare fell like the soft thud of a hammer in the sand, regular and precise. [11]
Lassiter led the swift flight across the wide space, over washes, through sage, into a narrow canyon where the rapid clatter of hoofs rapped sharply from the walls. [13]
Nance gave a startled cry, and Lambton turned to the other room for his pistols, overcoat, and cap, when there was the sound of horses' hoofs, the door suddenly opened, and an officer stepped inside. [11]
His hoofs were spoilt for city pavements, and scheming, struggling and running about the streets were too much for his country brains and wore him out, as trotting under a saddle would weary a plough-horse. [10]
At the first sound of trampling hoofs and shouting, Petya lashed his horse and loosening his rein galloped forward, not heeding Denisov who shouted at him. [2]
She had been sitting quite half an hour and gazing dreamily into the warming glow, when she heard the sound of hoofs and Pontius appeared. [10]
Then he heard shouts, and the hard scrape of sliding hoofs, and saw horses rear and plunge back with up-flung heads and flying manes. [13]
But even while she held back, came the beat of hoofs on the gravel below them, and one of the Bellegarde servants rode into the light pouring through the open door. [9]
She listened until she heard his horse's hoofs upon the rocky upland. [11]
As he brooded, shaken and weak and bitter--all his thoughts were bitter now--a flash of scarlet, a glint of white plumes crossed his line of vision, disappeared, then again came into view, and horses' hoofs rang out on the hard road below. [11]
Moonlight, and the sand swishing from under the velvet hoofs of the camel, the silence like a filmy cloak, sleep everywhere, save at the eyes of the fugitive. [11]
There is something royal in the swaying of the coach body, and an excitement in the patter of the horses' hoofs. [4]
The Doctor was roused from his revery by the clatter of approaching hoofs. [6]
But even the rattling of the carts and the trampling of the horses' hoofs could not rouse the Cologne professors, who, with their clerical companions, had gone to rest, and slept in darkened rooms until late into the morning. [10]
Next came the rattling of chains, the scramble of hoofs in the mire, and here was a wagon with a big canvas cover. [9]
When at close range, he raised his gun to fire again, but the moose rose suddenly, and with a wild bellowing sound rushed at Gregory, who knew full well that a straight stroke from those hoofs would end his moose-hunting days. [11]
Outside the temple precincts too all had been still; but just now a clatter of hoofs and rumble of wheels was audible through the silence, otherwise so profound that it seemed increased by every sound. [10]
Then he was pounding down the lane--thundering into the court--crashing his great iron-shod hoofs on the stone flags. [13]
Outside, the priest paced up and down, stopping now and then, and listening as if for horses' hoofs. [11]
When they came out onto the beaten highroad--polished by sleigh runners and cut up by rough-shod hoofs, the marks of which were visible in the moonlight--the horses began to tug at the reins of their own accord and increased their pace. [2]
He passed on out of the garden, and presently they heard his horse's hoofs on the sand. [11]
The wounded cried out as the horses trampled them under their hoofs, which caused good Ambroise great pity, and made him wish himself back in Paris. [3]
A faint roar of trampling hoofs came to Jane's ears, and gradually swelled; low, rolling clouds of dust began to rise above the sage. [13]
The dull rumble of thousands of hoofs deepened into continuous low thunder, and as the steers swept swiftly closer the thunder became a heavy roll. [13]
As the hoofs of the mule sounded fainter and fainter in the distance, Paulus also quitted the senator's courtyard; Dorothea pointed after him as he walked towards the mountain. [10]
When the sound of the horses' hoofs had died away in the distance, Sappho laid her head on her grandmother's shoulder and wept uncontrollably. [10]
Then the rattling of the coach, the clatter of our six horses' hoofs, and the driver's crisp commands, awoke to a louder and stronger emphasis, and we went sweeping down on the station at our smartest speed. [5]
On the hinge of noon he heard behind him the tramp of horses' hoofs and the rattle of wheels, approaching nearer and nearer with ominous haste. [10]
The loud tramping of horses' hoofs was heard. [10]
Then the clang of hoofs, as of several horses galloping, resounded on the planks of the bridge, and the squadron, officers in front and men four abreast, spread across the bridge and began to emerge on his side of it. [2]
The rapid beat of hoofs recalled Jane Withersteen to the question at hand. [13]
There was clattering of hoofs on Koongat Bridge, and the password of the clan came back to the lad, even as a kris struck him in the leg and drew out again. [11]
The rumbling roll of hoofs grew distinct. [11]
The dull thud of hoofs almost deprived Venters of power to turn and see from where disaster threatened. [13]
Here were clouds of dust, and cracking sounds of hoofs, and romping colts and heehawing burros. [13]
But he had not reached the door, when he heard hoofs on the road, and Petrus called after him, "Grant us a few minutes longer, for here comes Polykarp, and he can justify himself to you in his own person. [10]
He felt it not only from the sound of the hoofs of the approaching cavalcade, but because as he drew near everything grew brighter, more joyful, more significant, and more festive around him. [2]
Those hoofs had murder in them. [11]
Fifty and five minutes had been registered by the French clock, when the rattle of wheels and the clatter of hoofs sounded below, and Charles Fox panted up the stairs, muffled in a huge wrap-rascal. [9]
It was already midnight when horses' hoofs were heard in the street, and when they stopped Gotz rose, and then presently all the others vanished from the chamber. [10]
He saw the marks of the hoofs of Sheila's and her mother's horses in the road, knowing them by the freshness of the indentations. [11]
Pause by the Koongat Bridge an hour, rest three hours at the Bar of Balmud, and pause again where the roof of the Brown Hermit drums to the sorrel's hoofs. [11]
She was to keep the burro from cracking his little hard hoofs on stones. [13]
In the darkness, it seemed as though a gloomy unseen river was flowing always in one direction, humming with whispers and talk and the sound of hoofs and wheels. [2]
At last the irregular beat of horses' hoofs, and the sound of bells struck my ear, and a few minutes later I distinctly heard cries of distress. [10]
The clank of iron hoofs upon the stone courtyard drew her hurriedly from her retirement. [13]
As Jasmine gazed into the gloom, spattered with a delicate radiance which did not pierce the shadows, but only made lively the darkness, she was suddenly conscious of the dull regular thud of horses' hoofs upon the veld. [11]
She had stayed in Frederick through the Rebel inroad, and kept the star-spangled banner where it would be safe, to unroll it as the last Rebel hoofs clattered off from the pavement of the town. [6]
Its expression changed in an instant,--it drew in their fragrance eagerly, and attempted to seize them with its soft split hoofs. [6]
But just as I was taking leave the pavement echoed with the noise of hoofs and the rattle of wheels. [10]
But in riding, I have the additional pleasure of governing another will, and my muscles extend to the tips of the animal's ears and to his four hoofs, instead of stopping at my hands and feet. [6]
The shouts and hurrahs grew louder and louder, the quickening thud of horses' hoofs was heard in the woods, and there burst into sight of the assembly by the truck patch two wild figures on crazed horses charging down the path towards the house. [9]
It was three hours past noon, and she had returned to the sick-room, when she thought that she heard hoofs in the garden and hurried to the window once more. [10]
The sound of horse's hoofs approaching at a trot along the line of hussars was heard, and out of the foggy darkness the figure of a sergeant of hussars suddenly appeared, looming huge as an elephant. [2]
The trampling of hoofs, the shouts of command, and the voices of the gentlemen and their attendants outside attracted many guests to the doors and windows of the long, whitewashed building. [10]
Almost as the hoofs of the leaders plunged into the stream there came the whinny of a horse from among the boulders. [11]
Not until the hoofs of her gray horse rang upon the pavement did Barbara awake from the dream of longing which had held her captive. [10]
The sound of hoofs had roused her curiosity, but she did not seem to recognize him in the dim starlight. [10]
A rattle of hoofs and a snatch of song, they ride, they ride! [11]
Venters recognized a hobble-bell of a horse, and the cracking of iron on submerged stones, and the hollow splash of hoofs in water. [13]
The beat of his horse's hoofs and the voices of the Biamites echoed distinctly enough amid the stillness of the night, which was interrupted only by the roaring of the wind. [10]
There came to his ears two distant sounds--the faint click of horses' hoofs and that dull rumble they had heard as they talked, a sound he loved, the roar of his lions. [11]
Nebenchari started on hearing the sound of horses' hoofs in the distance. [10]
They had such headway that they were nearly to the king before they could check up; then, frantic with rage, they stood up their horses on their hind hoofs and whirled them around, and the next moment here they came, breast to breast. [5]
Still he fancied he saw before him the image of Klea, but as he stretched out his hand towards the beautiful vision it vanished--a sound of hoofs and wheels fell upon his ear. [10]
The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. [5]
The man who had shrunk away from the horse's hoofs was dead, the one on the other side was badly wounded, and the last, bruised and dazed, got slowly to his feet. [11]
Hot elecampane wine had been served to give them comfort, when again we heard horses' hoofs and the watchman's call. [10]
Bright sparks flashed from the paving stones struck by her horse's hoofs. [10]

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