Explore Unhorse through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dismount or light. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Unhorse meaning
- To forcibly remove from a horse.
- To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.
Using Unhorse
- The main meaning on this page is: To forcibly remove from a horse. | To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.
- Useful related words include: dismount, light, get off, get down.
Context around Unhorse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unhorse
- In this selection, "unhorse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include body or unhorse them completely and used to unhorse his galloping. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unhorse" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unhorse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The president licked his wounds in dignified quiet — the same quiet he used to unhorse his galloping traducers, with their clattering hooves. (22 words)
In this competition, two knights charge each other with blunt wooden lances in an effort to break their lance on the opponent's head or body, or unhorse them completely. (30 words)
In this competition, two knights charge each other with blunt wooden lances in an effort to break their lance on the opponent's head or body, or unhorse them completely. (30 words)
The president licked his wounds in dignified quiet — the same quiet he used to unhorse his galloping traducers, with their clattering hooves. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
The president licked his wounds in dignified quiet — the same quiet he used to unhorse his galloping traducers, with their clattering hooves.
In this competition, two knights charge each other with blunt wooden lances in an effort to break their lance on the opponent's head or body, or unhorse them completely.