How to Use cavalry in a Sentence

cavalry

noun
Definition of cavalrynext
  • The cavalry were brought in to support the mission.
  • Cavalry is used to perform reconnaissance.
  • With so much at stake, the progressive cavalry has turned up to aid Labour's efforts ahead of the vote.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 6 June 2017
  • On Monday, dozens of re-enactors acted out a cavalry battle in the morning.
    — Connor Sheets, AL.com, 4 July 2017
  • And lo, a cavalry of screen-ready revivalists has arrived to wage the End Times war against the satanic infantry.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • Knipe served three-and-a-half years in the Army, including 2004 in Iraq serving in the cavalry.
    — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 29 May 2017
  • Diana, for her part, had already started her affair with cavalry major James Hewitt, Junor says.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2017
  • But the cavalry set to charge down Broad Street this week brings veteran savvy, a lot of scoring punch, and expectations of a run to a title game showdown with Mexico.
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 16 July 2017
  • The ranks of soldiers in the field, the cavalry with flags raised.
    — Emilio Fraia, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • So, pulling a cavalry sword off the wall, Trump cut off his arms.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • And if that happens, that could buy the island enough time for the cavalry—in the form of the U.S. 7th Fleet—to arrive.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • The cavalry might even be coming for the Marlins in the form of those players out with the virus.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The cavalry arrived for the Spurs on Monday in the form of a tall man from Senegal.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2021
  • In the end, a cavalry detachment from Fort Myer helped to clear the street.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
  • But when is the GOP cavalry going to come to Moore’s rescue?
    — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The style is available in black suede, black calf leather, and a deep burgundy cavalry calf leather.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • But the cavalry Schifter had summoned didn’t answer the call.
    — Jessica Pressler, Daily Intelligencer, 15 May 2018
  • While the GOP cavalry did not arrive in the numbers many had hoped for last month, the party did retake the House.
    — The Editors, National Review, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Dante fought in the cavalry at Campaldino, and war must have given him a foretaste of Hell.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • As Mark Duplass has said, the cavalry is not coming for you.
    — Quora, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Point made: If the Dodgers are forced into a bullpen game come mid-October, the cavalry is ready and able.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In a few weeks, eight bright new light fixtures will arrive like the cavalry riding over the hill.
    — Marni Jameson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • And thanks to some fortunate timing, the leader of the old guard in Brees, 41, and the leader of the new cavalry in Mahomes, 25, will play on the same field for the first time.
    — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • And no ancient cavalry could wield bows like the Scythians.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, there are the epic battles when when Shoulder-Mech killers battle the Na'vi cavalry.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Throughout, the Padres have fulfilled Job 1: Keep pace with the Dodgers until the cavalry arrives.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • The trip continues Tuesday in Oklahoma City, and the cavalry is not on the way.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Streaming, as practiced by Netflix, rode in like the cavalry at the last minute and kept our show going.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • For years, that group fought the Vegas project and is now saddling up its legal cavalry to ride against the Pine Valley project.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Neale traveled and served with a cavalry unit led by William Harwood, a Hagerstown physician who became an officer in the war, according to historical records.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024

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