riding
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,963 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,168 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements also: horseback riding, equitation
- travel by being carried on horseback also: horseback riding
riding in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She spent her days shopping, or riding in the Bois.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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In the two years which had followed he had kept up his riding.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Somehow I did not like the idea of riding alone with this driver.
The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 1
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Riding fast, Sir Thomas Tresham crossed the Thames at Reading before any news of the battle of Barnet had arrived there.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1