Example Sentences

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I remember the saddled and riderless horse with the big black boots stuck backwards in the stirrups.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2023

The coffin draped in an old Virginia flag was brought into the cemetery on a mule-drawn wagon followed by a riderless horse.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Some of these scenarios' accompanying sights have recurred frequently to become central to our apocalyptic visual lexicon: planes dropping from the sky, highways choked by lifeless cars or riderless horses.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2021

The agency last week granted its first-ever temporary exemption for a fleet of riderless delivery vehicles from SoftBank Group Corp backed Nuro Inc.

From Reuters • Feb. 11, 2020

The Hound had vanished behind, though his riderless horse galloped beside them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin