How to Use on horseback in a Sentence

on horseback

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  • Ray covered much of the rugged land on horseback and by foot.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Perez takes center stage as the sun sets to sing on horseback.
    Laura Anaya-Morga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • When the prince falls from a great height, his knight rescues him on horseback.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Prince Fiyero was last seen fleeing on horseback.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The men in the party rode on horseback and were armed with rifles and swords.
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2022
  • There’s also the option to see the area on horseback.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Three other men will take the three-mile trek to downtown on horseback.
    Laura Anaya-Morga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • For him, much of the time was spent on horseback while wrangling cattle.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Later, the royals on horseback showed off their salute with one hand on the reins.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • Their search has been extensive, from the ground on horseback to drones in the sky.
    Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The dancers play Scheherazade, a princess, a prince on horseback, a witch and her minions.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2022
  • One of those changes for Charlotte is a little less time on horseback.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The ruler is shown on horseback defeating the devil with a spear.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The video shows three officers on horseback talking to two men on the side of the road.
    Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Young drove a four-wheeler for the first time but did not join Legette on horseback.
    The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2026
  • There will be military bands and riders on horseback.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Canines and teams on horseback assisted in the search.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The largest forests have trails (running from easy to advanced) that can be accessed by foot or on horseback.
    Julie Destefano, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
  • Desire, which has been his guide during the hours of riding on horseback across the plains, leaves him no peace.
    Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Cover unexplored ground on horseback or learn some tricks of the trade in the arena.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Officers in riot gear and some on horseback clear crowds and make arrests.
    Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
  • His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In one case, she was shown on horseback with Mount Rushmore in the background.
    Dan Mangan,garrett Downs, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Ethan shows up on horseback, a dazzling sight wrapped in scarves and goggles designed to shield him from the swirly, sandy wind.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 July 2023
  • Her three children sat with her, while Prince William rode on horseback to the parade.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 June 2024
  • As this torture unfolds, the Hollow folks swarm the ranch, some by boat and some on horseback.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
  • At 74 years old, Charles rode on horseback throughout the two hours of parading.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Ski, snowboard, hike, bike, or hit the trails on horseback at the local mountain resort.
    Laura Beausire, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Federal agents on horseback with a white steed in the middle trotted through a soccer field.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
  • Hence the poor fellow, near the beginning, who, while on horseback, gets hit in the head not by an arrow but by a coin.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022

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