How to Use cavalry in a Sentence

cavalry

noun
  • The cavalry were brought in to support the mission.
  • Cavalry is used to perform reconnaissance.
  • The ranks of soldiers in the field, the cavalry with flags raised.
    — Emilio Fraia, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The quickest way to the cavalry is the main road, but that’s no good.
    — Oc Register, 20 June 2025
  • The cavalry isn’t riding over the hill to save them — not yet at least.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
  • And there is no cavalry on the horizon.
    — Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • As for the cavalry to the rescue?
    — Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The style is available in black suede, black calf leather, and a deep burgundy cavalry calf leather.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • In terms of prospects, the cavalry has already arrived.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The firepower was there; the cavalry charged too hard.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • No cavalry was coming; in fact, very few people were coming at all.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In a few weeks, eight bright new light fixtures will arrive like the cavalry riding over the hill.
    — Marni Jameson | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • But the federal-court cavalry didn't arrive in time for last week's squeeze.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2025
  • So Holland called off the cavalry.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But then Sean Dyche called for the cavalry.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But the cavalry Schifter had summoned didn’t answer the call.
    — Jessica Pressler, Daily Intelligencer, 15 May 2018
  • The men — nobles, cavalry and foot soldiers — are dressed in knee-length tunics.
    — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2018
  • For instance, an area where lots of pistol shots were found indicate cavalry were in the area.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The cavalry is not coming with a boatload of money to build housing.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • The season also marks the return of its western and cavalry boots in suede.
    — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The good news is finally some cavalry is coming.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Joining him are a cavalry of superstar sidekicks, some of whom might be in high school right now.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The cavalry might even be coming for the Marlins in the form of those players out with the virus.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • There is no cavalry, that’s not the way the country has ever been constructed.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 17 Oct. 2018
  • But before the cavalry arrives, Lee is game to fight this battle alone.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Iowa cavalry played a prominent role in his defeat.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Even with our army just on the other side of the border in Kuwait, the cavalry could not arrive in time.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • With so much at stake, the progressive cavalry has turned up to aid Labour's efforts ahead of the vote.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 6 June 2017
  • Both are stocked with young, athletic hitters and a pitching staff that still awaits the arrival of the cavalry.
    — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • In the end, a cavalry detachment from Fort Myer helped to clear the street.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018

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