Below you will find example sentences with "pony express". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Pony Express in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: express
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "pony express" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and a pony express ride in, buses ferries pony express for political, trail, haslam and horses stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with american express, pci express, express lanes, american express, pci express and express lanes, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with pony express
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
We kick off with the Pony Express. (7 words)
April 3, 2010 was the Pony Express' 150th anniversary. (9 words)
You should not be expected to take trains, buses, ferries, pony express for political functions. (15 words)
His body was found riddled with arrows but was not scalped, a sign that the Paiutes honored their enemy.sfn Horses Frank E. Webner, Pony Express rider c. 1861 An estimated 400 horses in total were used by the Pony Express to deliver the mail. (45 words)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, R.L. Wilson sfn citation Robert Haslam "Pony Bob" Haslam in later years Robert Haslam (Pony Bob) was among the most brave, resourceful, and best-known riders of the Pony Express. (36 words)
The journey began in St. Joseph Missouri on Monday, June 10 following the Pony Express National Historic Trail and is expected to arrive in Old Sacramento, California on Thursday, June 20 at 4:30 PM. (35 words)
Do not attempt to contact me via email, text message, Twitter, Slack, pony express, or passenger pigeon because I will not answer! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West, R.L. Wilson sfn citation Robert Haslam "Pony Bob" Haslam in later years Robert Haslam (Pony Bob) was among the most brave, resourceful, and best-known riders of the Pony Express.
His body was found riddled with arrows but was not scalped, a sign that the Paiutes honored their enemy.sfn Horses Frank E. Webner, Pony Express rider c. 1861 An estimated 400 horses in total were used by the Pony Express to deliver the mail.
His business expanded as the town grew, and when the Pony Express came to town Landis was the ideal candidate to produce saddles for the newly founded Pony Express.
The most complete books on the Pony Express are The Story of the Pony Express and Saddles and Spurs by Raymond & Mary Settle and Roy Bloss.
This combination wagon/stagecoach/pony express/telegraph line route is labeled the Pony Express National Historic Trail on the National Trail Map.
Included on the list are Overland Trail, the Pony Express Trail, and the North Platte River—all of which played significant roles in the story of American expansion.
Every Sunday and Monday the White Pony Express, based in Pleasant Hill, sends two volunteers and a refrigerated delivery truck capable of carrying more than 2,000 pounds of fresh food to Butte County.
The journey began in St. Joseph Missouri on Monday, June 10 following the Pony Express National Historic Trail and is expected to arrive in Old Sacramento, California on Thursday, June 20 at 4:30 PM.
Under second-year coach Sonny Dykes, the Mustangs are playing their best ball since the Pony Express days of Eric Dickerson and Craig James in the early 1980s.
Compare that with the Pony Express pricing in 1860 — $10 an ounce — and, adjusting for inflation, you see a business that has drastically improved its service at ever lower prices.
Do not attempt to contact me via email, text message, Twitter, Slack, pony express, or passenger pigeon because I will not answer!
It was fun and a Pony Express ride in these photos from the 2016 Canaan Fall Festival.
The Pony Express Mail Run is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday and has been run during rain in the past, said Katie Lockridge, who is on the Canaan Preservation Council, which organizes the festival.
We kick off with the Pony Express.
You should not be expected to take trains, buses, ferries, pony express for political functions.
After completing eight weekly trips from both Sacramento and Saint Joseph, the Pony Express was forced to suspend mail services because of the outbreak of the Paiute Indian War in May 1860.
Alexander Majors, one of the founders of the Pony Express, had acquired more than 400 horses for the project.
April 3, 2010 was the Pony Express' 150th anniversary.
At 2:45 a.m., William (Sam) Hamilton was the first Pony Express rider to begin the journey from Sacramento.
At the age of 15 Cody was on his way west to California when he met Pony Express agents along the way and signed on with the company.