ROAN in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for ROAN, such as:
1. As a matter of act, Chichikov had never in his life seen either Khvostirev or the roan filly.
2. Chichikov duly thanked his interlocutor, but continued to decline either the grey horse or the roan mare.
3. Ethan recognised Michael Eady's roan colt, and young Denis Eady, in a handsome new fur cap, leaned forward and waved a greeting.
2. Chichikov duly thanked his interlocutor, but continued to decline either the grey horse or the roan mare.
3. Ethan recognised Michael Eady's roan colt, and young Denis Eady, in a handsome new fur cap, leaned forward and waved a greeting.
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Meanings and Examples of ROAN
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roan
a. (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
n. a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
Classic Sentence:
1 Ethan recognised Michael Eady's roan colt, and young Denis Eady, in a handsome new fur cap, leaned forward and waved a greeting.
2 He opened the barn-door and craned his head into the obscurity, half-fearing to discover Denis Eady's roan colt in the stall beside the sorrel.
3 It took but a few moments to release the gases pent up in the poor beast, and the two women heard the rush of wind and saw the roan visibly diminish in girth.
4 As a matter of act, Chichikov had never in his life seen either Khvostirev or the roan filly.
5 Chichikov duly thanked his interlocutor, but continued to decline either the grey horse or the roan mare.
6 He was a tall, savage-looking young fellow, mounted on a powerful roan horse, and clad in the rough dress of a hunter, with a long rifle slung over his shoulders.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
7 Bazin followed him upon a roan, holding by the halter a vigorous Mecklenburg horse; this was d'Artagnan's mount.
8 Three well-fed roans stood ready harnessed to a small conveyance with a leather hood.
9 Berg drove up to his father-in-law's house in his spruce little trap with a pair of sleek roans, exactly like those of a certain prince.
Example Sentence:
1 "There is the possibility of one mind unconsciously suggesting to another mind," Mrs. Grantly was saying; but through Lute's mind was trooping her father on his great roan war-horse.