Used in a Sentence

horse

How to use horse in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for horse.

Editorial note

Maybe it means they looked at what you showed them and decided that it wasn't a horse worth betting on.

Examples8
Definitions6
Parts of speech2

Quick take

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of horse gathered in one view.

noun

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

noun

a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

noun

troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for horse.

noun

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

noun

a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

noun

troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"

noun

a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

verb

provide with a horse or horses

Example sentences

1

Maybe it means they looked at what you showed them and decided that it wasn't a horse worth betting on.

2

I say trojan horse, but that's not quite right because I actually want this subservient kind of tablet very much.

3

In the lifespan of those two men, humanity went from horse-and-buggy to standing on the moon.

4

Blatant shills everywhere, media manipulation abounds, blatant lies heard on TV from the horse's mouth.

5

Nothing can help you if you deliberately ignore warnings, and deliberately install Trojan horse malware.

6

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, which suggests that doctors in the 1840s were sticking horse-manure-covered hands into the exposed wounds of patients, handwashing was apparently already a norm.

7

It's hard to write this, and my opinion is probably biased because of it, but this article is nothing but a giant load of horse shit and is a carefully constructed as "feel good" to reinforce the preconceived notions the author had going into it.

8

In general, we think arguments that regulating the Internet is 'ancillary' to some other regulatory authority that the FCC has been granted just don’t have sufficient limitations to stop bad FCC behavior in the future and create the 'Trojan horse' risk we have long warned about.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use horse in a sentence?

Maybe it means they looked at what you showed them and decided that it wasn't a horse worth betting on.

What does horse mean?

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

What part of speech is horse?

horse is commonly used as noun, verb.