How To Use Dismount In A Sentence

Just as she reached the stairs to enter the house, an ugly gelding cantered to a stop and the rotund rider ungracefully dismounted.
Mortars are also employed, but are done so from a truck platform, or if dismounted, are dismounted quickly and only long enough to drop rounds and then remount the truck and exfiltrate.
Well Scanlon was in the act of dismounting when the first shot was fired at Kennedy, and Scanlon became, well, flurried, and fell to his knees.
For now, I've voluntarily dismounted from the property ladder and am renting a nice family home while I see how the economy and the housing market develop.
Mystra was flush with anticipation as they dismounted, leading their horses up the steady incline of the road.

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The plane landed and we began to dismount the plane.
The officers thought that in modern mechanized warfare dismounted infantry would delay the mobile units on which success depended.
One such type was that of the equites, literally ‘horsemen’, so called because they entered the arena on horseback, although for the crucial stage of the combat they dismounted to fight on foot.
Without dismounting, he drew his broadsword and rapped the hilt against the gate.
He dismounts the bike and it extrudes its kickstand.
But a big step after the dismount was to spoil his chances and that of Russia's.
They all recognized him when he came closer, and they watched him with that peculiar concertedness which seizes upon an expectant company, until he dismounted at the corral gates and came toward them. The Range Boss
So she dismounted and gave him a cuff,6 whereupon he awoke in affright and said to her, “O m lady, praised be Allah for thy safe coming!” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
IED attacks on so-called dismounted troops jumped nearly 60% this past spring compared with spring 2010, according to Pentagon data. Stryker vehicles can protect troops better
I had to dismount from my bicycle halfway up the hill.
Some of it, what we could call dismounted combat, which some might call hand-to-hand, but that's basically infantry moving through positions on the battlefield. CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2003
These bags have to be either full or empty when hauled and cannot be easily dismounted and recovered.
He saw another Indian dismount and pull the picket pin of a horse near the tent, untouched by gunfire then but struck from his horse after he dashed away.
They walked around the barn, dismounted, then untacked and groomed the horses again.
Her routine included a full-twisting flip-flop and triple twist dismount.
After a hot, unlively march of four hours (= eleven miles), on mules worn out by want of water, we dismounted at a queer isolated lump on the left of the track. The Land of Midian
The first team to dismount one of the opposing team's penguins with a jousting lance is declared the winner.
The crew consists of commander, gunner, driver, and four infantrymen, with the commander normally dismounting with the squad.
Dismounting before it, each knight avouched the justice of his cause by a solemn oath on the Evangelists, and prayed that his success might be according to the truth or falsehood of what he then swore. The Talisman
Because today's cheerleading is very high-impact, it can result in injuries from falls, dismounts and weight-bearing stunts.
As they dismounted at the hotel entrance, the tandem overtook them, and immediately afterwards the dogcart came into view in pursuit. The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
In this situation, dismounted OPs placed in front of covered positions can detect enemy forces.
She dismounted before cresting the hill, and led the horse along the path.
They accordingly dismounted, and leaving their horses in a thick copse, "snaked" in the direction of a large Federal camp near at hand, taking advantage of every cover. The Romance of the Civil War
The stable was finally within only a few yards and he reluctantly slowed his horse in preparation for dismounting.
The officer dismounted, tethering his horse to a tree.
He dismounted and led his horse a few steps closer.
He had ridden to meet the caravan and was dismounted, deep in conversation with the chief of the armed guard. The Sheik
I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.
Come, valiant sir," said Wamba, "I must be your armourer as well as your equerry -- - I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you. Ivanhoe. A Romance
A prolonged har-r-r-rouche from Kaluna brought out a man with a female horde behind him, all shuffling into clothes as we approached, and we stiffly dismounted from the wet saddles in which we had sat for ten hours, and stiffly hobbled up into the littered verandah, the water dripping from our clothes, and squeezing out of our boots at every step. The Hawaiian Archipelago
To truly learn the value of a sword, it must be dismounted and the nakago or tang inspected.
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
He rode the bike at speed along the platform, stopping only at the furthermost bench, where he dismounted, to sit.
The LRAS3 also has the capability of being dismounted on a tripod and powered by batteries.
If a road accident involves a rider who has dismounted and is leading their horse at the time, the rider would be classified as a pedestrian.
The infantry of both armies in the Civil War for the first time used muzzle-loading rifled muskets, while cavalry with breech-loading carbines fought dismounted.
Hitherto one of the chief objections to the use of the tricycle has been the great difficulty experienced in climbing hills, a very slight ascent being sufficient to tax the powers of the rider to such an extent as to induce if not compel him in most instances to dismount and wheel his machine along by hand until more favorable ground is reached. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884
He dismounted just in time to catch her as she fell, and as a blanket was drawn about her, she instantaneously fell into a deep sleep.
As he dismounted, a hostler came out of the stable across the street WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL
It would be wonderful to see the Italian performing another flying dismount like he did after winning on the mare at Goodwood. The Sun
I dismount and thrust self and Trekkie behind the nearest maple. A MEANS TO EVIL
Mounting and dismounting a bulky snow blade is difficult at best.
Many cyclists choose to dismount and walk, cycle along the pavement or make a long detour up and down the city's notorious hills. Times, Sunday Times
“Come, valiant sir,” said Wamba, “I must be your armourer as well as your equerry — I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you.” Ivanhoe
She furthermore directed that such tablets as were already put up, should not be dismounted, and she forthwith took the lead and composed an heptameter stanza, the burden of which was: Hung Lou Meng
He quoted a recent incident in which a person who used an elbow crutch was hurt while dismounting a bus and now had to use two crutches.
The knight dismounted his opponent.
On uneven bars, first up Ziganshina could only score 8.20, after a mistake on the low bar and a fall on her dismount.
Then Marjanah dismounted from her horse, and Al – Ghazban did in like sort, and they made fast the bridles and helped the Princess to dismount, for she was aswoon from excess of anguish. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Lamps dismounted from their tables at the slightest touch; pictures plummeted from the wall, the glass in their frames shattering, whenever anyone walked past them. Poor Devil
I don't know where the spec ops soldier gets off on saying the Canadians don't dismount on foot patrol..this is patently untrue,and if you have seen the combat videos,Canadas' mantra has been/will be aggressive patrolling..always has been..where has this greener beaner been? What was the Minister of National Defence thinking?
The VA does not hinder the radio from being dismounted and operated ‘jerk and run’ style as a handheld radio.
These forces have some armor but rely on dismounted or motorized infantry for the bulk of their combat power.
They dismounted the general by stealing his horse.
He paused to dismount as well, tossing a thin tether to a man who took the animal away.
Red 6 pushes his dismounts forward while the Bradleys maneuver to provide cover.
Habitually, the dismounted scouts would be let off the vehicle at least four kilometers from the defile, out of sight and sound of the enemy's suspected screen line.
For example, you may want to dismount but not delete a disk service before you back it up.
The suspended person is not allowed to be inverted (head below horizontal) or to rotate on the dismount.
The constellation of leg-and-genital wounds are in large part the consequence of stepping on improvised explosive devices - homemade mines - and are known as "dismounted IED injuries. Report reveals steep increase in war amputations last fall
What means this, my son?" said the old man as Norman of Torn dismounted within the ballium. The Outlaw of Torn
The offline operator is responsible for mounting and dismounting the offline media and inspecting media items for physical damage.
“Not that,” he said, dismounting; only a man, for an instant, saddle-sore and weary. Kushiel's Avatar
A sheltered gorge thinly wooded with fir-trees opens before us; the long impending rain begins again, hard and fast; and the path becoming soon too steep for riding, we have to dismount and walk in a pelting storm down a steep mountain-side to Santa Maria Gardena, which is the first hamlet at the head of the Grödner Thal. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
Pulling up before the general store, Grace dismounted and elbowed her way through a crowd of men, smilingly demanding "gangway," which was readily granted, though accompanied by quite personal remarks about her, to which, of course, the Overland girl gave not the slightest heed. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods
Many cyclists choose to dismount and walk, cycle along the pavement or make a long detour up and down the city's notorious hills. Times, Sunday Times
He cuffed his brother upside the head and dismounted.
I steered into the bike racks, and dismounted from my alloy steed, then rushed back through the opening in the chain link fence.
“running hot;” and, before we could dismount, the axle-box of a truck became a young Vesuvius in the matter of vomiting smoke. The Land of Midian
The stump of her foremast was the only stick standing; her cabin had been stove in; every gun, except a single one, was dismounted; and her deck was covered with shattered limbs and dead bodies. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Many cyclists choose to dismount and walk, cycle along the pavement or make a long detour up and down the city's notorious hills. Times, Sunday Times
The interviews revealed only one incident when the crew dismounted the system.
I dismounted and walked to the huge fireplace at one end, where I saw three very old women seated like witches round a _brasero_, the great brass dish of burning cinders. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia
But so-called dismounted operations come at a risk: Greater chance of harm to the troops. Foot patrols in Afghanistan boost IED detection
The dismounting vehicles provide casualty evacuation and direct fire support.
As soon as he sighted me sitting at the house-door, he dismounted and coming up to me embraced me and saluted me; and meseemed I embraced the world and all therein. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The officer dismounted from his horse.
The operator tried to dismount the unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT command.
We cover mounting and dismounting and controlling the horse using the reins.
Cycling more casually, she found a stone bench by the side of the road, and there she dismounted to rest while pondering what course her life would take now.
Suppressing a sudden stab of anger, Joe rode for the camp and dismounted.
‘She did, but I left her back in Cedars Crossing,’ he replied dismounting from his horse and speaking in a low tone.
Quickly following Miller in the charge came the infantrymen and Winters's dismounted cavalry moving as skirmishers.
He saw that all the company had dismounted, and were fighting a desperate battle against the pack that surrounded them.
Scouts are able to dismount all of the surveillance equipment from the vehicle for use in an observation post or for training.
Shut down equipment, turn off the engine, remove key and wait for moving parts to stop before dismounting equipment.
It stopped near a garbage bin and an elderly figure dismounted from an equally elderly bicycle.
Many cyclists choose to dismount and walk, cycle along the pavement or make a long detour up and down the city's notorious hills. Times, Sunday Times
When he reached the Outer Wall he halted and dismounted, his cracked bones shouting at him.
Equally renowned was her power on balance beam, where she tumbled a very high back layout to two feet, and dismounted with two flip-flops to a full-twisting double back.
She dismounted the instant the timekeeper signaled her arrival at the end of part C. Captain Jon and Cord walked forward quickly. REMEMBER SUMMER
Even if you make the eight-second limit, dismounting is still jumping off a raging bull and landing in the dirt.
She only cycles at walking pace, so what excuse has she for not obeying the law and dismounting?
After reaching the bank, Weatherford dismounted, checked his horse for injuries and rode away, unharmed.
And for those of us who have lawns, the ease of strapping the mower on the back of the bike and pedaling out onto the grass to dismount and unload, is much more exciting than the sweaty ectomorph on sidigayporn.com. Beasts of Burden: Long Bikes and Shiny Riders
The actor dismounted from the stage.
Where were the tanks parked while crews dismounted and performed house-to-house searches?
They continued into camp, dismounted at the stables, and handed off their horses to grooms.
Passing through a gateway in the north wall, they dismounted in the bailey. HERE BE DRAGONS
She pretty much nailed everything yesterday, including the dismount.
Hendrik dismounted, hooked his rein over one of these forks; rested his yager across another; and then, sighting the shaft of the arrow, pulled trigger. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
Because the unit sits within the wheel hub, there is no chance of damaging it when mounting or dismounting a tire, a potential problem with wheel-mounted tire pressure monitoring units.
Whooping and laughing, they drew up beside the tent, and the young man in the lead prepared to dismount. LION IN THE VALLEY
I dismounted the donkey and it let out another loud bray.
He dismounted and told Alana to slide back into the saddle, he would lead Charger along the trails on foot.
Great victory at CRÉCY, near Ponthieu in northern France, where English longbowmen, supported by dismounted horsemen, routed the undisciplined cavalry and mercenary crossbowmen ofFrance. B. The British Isles
To prepare for an engagement in a wooded area where engagement ranges are extremely short, an antiarmor specialist might dismount with an AT4 instead of a Javelin. FM 71-1 Chapter 2 Battle Command
I heard a whinny, then the squeak of leather as a big, square-shouldered man dismounted.
I most certainly do not need help dismounting from a horse.
The missile and sights can be dismounted and used with the tripod if necessary.
At one point I pulled her in completely and dismounted on the pretext of tightening a cinch. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
He dismounted, led the horse to the barn and grained him.
On floor exercise one gymnast tumbled a double layout, two whips to double pike, and stuck full-in dismount.
At one point I pulled her in completely and dismounted on the pretext of tightening a cinch. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
The soldiers dismount and secure the area and with little warning, kick in the door, roust the residents out of the house, and search and ransack the home.
All his men dismounted and were organized in two, or perhaps three units, with the English and Welsh longbowmen placed in a V-formation on both flanks. Archive 2008-09-14
We dismounted from our camels, and proceeded to examine Jebel Dukhan, an escarped mass of limestone rocks with rugged outline and deep caves. Southern Arabia
He dismounts the bike and it extrudes its kickstand.
While the French knights may have been initially mounted, many were forced to dismount to lead their troops across boggy ground. Times, Sunday Times
He dismounted from his bicycle.
As he dismounted the carriage, Brecht surveyed the grounds.
Isabeau, Louis, and Joseph dismounted and walked over to Nicolas as the other men unloaded and hobbled the horses.
Don Quixote dismounted and received them with a close embrace; and the boys, who are lynxes that nothing escapes, spied out the ass's mitre and came running to see it, calling out to one another, "Come here, boys, and see Sancho Panza's ass figged out finer than Mingo, and Don Quixote's beast leaner than ever. Don Quixote
Then, I crested a large hill and saw her dismounted at the base.
They begged Gawain to enter, then helped him to dismount and ran to stable his horse.
She dismounted in front of Shadowed Fury's stall, and took off his tack and began to groom the stallion into perfection.
Lucian cantered into a walk and Jared dismounted to let the horse rest and drink from the stream.
He might have been as high as fourth, but on his last move, the dismount from the horizontal bar, he fell and lost half a point.
But when it came time to dismount, the formation lurched to one side before breaking apart, sending one cheerleader tumbling to the turf and prompting a volley of mockery from the broadcast booth. Alumni Dust Off the Pom-Pons
Staking it into place lakes only a moment and will also prevent inadvertent loss of the link and pin while the barrel is dismounted from the gun.
Answered the husbandman, “O my lord, weal is well nigh. 62 Dismount thee here: the town is near hand and I will go and fetch thee dinner and fodder for thy stallion.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Suddenly Diaz dismounted, and picked up off the sand a dark object; it was a kind of valise, which Diaz at once recognised as belonging to Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora
It also involves dismounting to clear bridges, under bridges, overpasses, signs, culverts and guard rails.
Passing through a gateway in the north wall, they dismounted in the bailey. HERE BE DRAGONS
Liartes brought his mount in to land on the turf a few yards away and dismounted casually.
My horse, well trained to such tactics stayed where I had dismounted, without tie or hopple. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
His team leader and his driver dismounted the vehicle and got on the opposite side of the vehicle, which was Mike's side of the vehicle.
We pulled up to our first stop and dismounted our vehicles.
The four children peered out of the wikiup and saw the party of horsemen dismount. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
She shifted uneasily beside him, and looked up the road again as he came trotting back astride his dun mare; he shook his head long before he reached them, and dismounted a few paces off.
The soul is struck with the ardour of a fever, overwhelmed with an epilepsy, and displaced by a sharp megrim, and, in short, astounded by all the diseases that hurt the whole mass and the most noble parts; this never meddles with the soul; if anything goes amiss with her, 'tis her own fault; she betrays, dismounts, and abandons herself. The Essays of Montaigne — Complete
The missile and sights can be dismounted and used with the tripod if necessary.
Finally on this next to last sub-zero morning we spotted the same four bulls, tied our horses as far up the mountain as we could, and dismounted to hike the rest of the way in knee deep snow. Over the years I have owned a considerable number of rifles but never a Weatherby.
The utility model provides the pipe clamp which is conveniently dismounted without tools.
Claude dismounted from his sleek donkey within the ballium of Torn. The Outlaw of Torn
Because many places along the border were inaccessible to jeeps, troopers frequently had to dismount and walk or crawl to appropriate vantage points.
He barely waited for them to dismount before he yelled in anger, "Where in tarnation have you two been?"
We dismounted at a final waterfall to wash off some of the dust caked onto our faces.
Adam dismounted from Sport, stooped to the ground, and lifted a handful of ashes, which he let sift through his fingers.
Colum and his small party dismounted, the Irishman throwing the reins of his horse at the serjeant. A SHRINE OF MURDERS
Just then, I heard the snort of a horse, and someone dismounting onto the gravel.
There is a moment of anxiety as Hills dismounts immediately after the line but it transpires that the filly has just twisted a shoe.
He demanded that Adriana perform a dismount that she'd seldom been able to complete, and when she stumbled, he exploded.
Both units mount and dismount easily, and I had no problems zeroing either optic.
They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought.
Just as she reached the stairs to enter the house, an ugly gelding cantered to a stop and the rotund rider ungracefully dismounted.
We all reined in our horses, and Rowen dismounted.
Two young stable boys with pointed ears and long manes of black hair grabbed the reins of their horses and steadied the animals as the riders dismounted.
Jas immediately caught his horse, and Katie dismounted quickly.
Shrugging his shoulders up, he dismounted at Arnaud's, and handed his horse to the groom to take in.
A barbarian on cavalry tried to stab him with a spear but with no avail, Stephanus grabbed the spear dismounting the rider.
Depending on the situation, the commander may need to determine how he can integrate protective obstacles (designed to defeat dismounted assaults) into the overall countermobility plan. FM 71-1 Chapter 4 Defensive Operations
Anthony dismounted with his camera and walked away from the walls to compose a shot.
The lady's riding companion smiled good-naturedly and dismounted from his frisky dapple.
running hot;" and, before we could dismount, the axle-box of a truck became a young Vesuvius in the matter of vomiting smoke. The Land of Midian — Volume 2
We dismounted the truck and headed into the door.
It was a pretty sight, all the hunters dismounted, walking along the edge of the water, sounding their hallali, the entire population of Bourneville and Chateau and Country Life in France
Like a wolf pack scenting easy prey, they dismounted and spread out.
But as wishing would bring nothing, we dismounted and walked by the side of our animals, the kaid alone remaining in the saddle. Morocco
Also, so many troops have been dismounted and sent on daily patrols that they had to do something.
The soldiers had only just dismounted and stopped the runaway horse by the time he arrived on the scene, and the animal was still shuffling nervously.
When they reached the Market Square they dismounted the bike and started on the 5km run around Clonnkedagh, where they were treated to some great entertainment and encouragement by the Samba Band.
Androctus, not bothering to dismount, rides his destrier from the tournament grounds to his tent beyond the western edge of the encampments. Virginity
The guns can be fired from the vehicle on land or water, or can be dismounted and used in a normal fashion.
Hamm, 19, fell off on a layout Tkatchev and took a scary fall on his dismount, when his grip slipped off the bar.
Here, two ensembles of nine dancers mesh into tight circles as individuals hoist themselves aloft, top the mass and dismount, rejoining the group.
` ` Come, valiant sir, '' said Wamba, ` ` I must be your armourer as well as your equerry --- I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you. '' Ivanhoe
I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.
She nailed her front tuck and stuck her double back dismount.
Cody, too, is dismounted; his horse, having stumbled in a hole, is shown rearing, perhaps owing to the rattle of gunfire.
Using dismounts requires little more than stopping short of restrictive terrain or a templated enemy location, dropping the ramp, and dismounting your scouts.
He was in the impossible position of he who bestrides a tiger and is uncertain whether he should dismount, a deeply unhappy man.
Gill peeled off on his bail to the dismount and landed heavily on his side.
Tarja dismounted curiously, threw the reins over Shadow's neck and pushed his way through the crowd. TREASON KEEP
Along the way, as you know, we've had a lot of rain here over those days, a number of the trucks got stuck in quagmires because they were going off road to get there, had to dismount some soldiers.
He had trouble dismounting, putting the horse and equipment away, and then driving home.
This initial shock of overwhelming firepower facilitates the attacks of dismounted infantrymen into the built up area.
When Arghatun saw the man on the cart tail, he tossed his reins to one of the troopers and dismounted.
Those notabilities included one horse's acceptance of only one rider, and another horse's sagacity at any chance to break away whenever an unfamiliar rider was attempting to dismount.
As they dismounted and fanned out to surround the camp, John and Angela headed over the mountain to the south.
Finding eyesight useless, I dismounted often, and felt with my finger along the rolling lava for the slightest marks of abrasion, which might show that shod animals had passed that way, got up into an ohia to look out for the smoke of The Hawaiian Archipelago
These are small but necessary details required when dismounting these weapons systems.
So, we used the 4. 2 in a dismounted mode, when we used it at all.
What then were her feelings when the rider, who dismounted from his little hackney as unpretendingly as did her husband in the twilight court, proved to have my Lord's long beard and narrow face! Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland

How To Use Dismount In A Sentence

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