How To Use Stampede In A Sentence

A couple have told how they are lucky to be alive after a horse pulling their carriage ran amok and started a stampede during a holiday pleasure trip.
The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
Lia was looking around her shoulder, as if she was expecting a stampede of wild animals to come charging down the corner.
The run is a 825-metre stampede from the corral where the bulls are kept to the outdoor bullfighting arena where they will be invariably killed by matadors later in the day.
However, in a mad final scramble, the Vipers were able to hold on to win their fourth straight Stampede Challenge title.

Teri Hatcher has reportedly been caught up in a terrifying elephant stampede.
What sounded like a stampede of wild rhinoceroses roused her from her sleep.
The final bell rang and everyone rushed out the door like a wild stampede of animals.
The stampede may be natural human behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.
People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee.
A racer from Team Whole Foods Market wrenched her ankle immediately and vanished in the cloud of dust raised by the stampede.
Several deer were killed in the stampede.
If attacked, the herd could stampede, or ‘circle the wagons’ and fend off predators.
But the men who did go on the stampede were mainly the worthless ones, the newcomers, and the camp hangers-on. The Gold Hunters of the North
It would appear that the recession — or “the reception” as my malapropism-prone pal Milly De Cabrol, the interior-decorating genius, keeps calling it — has increased, rather than decreased, the lemminglike stampede into the World of Fashion. The Blond and the Short of It: Rachel Zoe Poaches My Fashion Week Klieg Lights
Canadian bareback rider Kyle Bowers swept the event, winning both the slalom and Stampede races.
The run is a 825-metre stampede from the corral where the bulls are kept to the outdoor bullfighting arena where they will be invariably killed by matadors later in the day.
A section of fencing was broken down and advertising hoardings flattened in the stampede as rival fans charged from end to end of the pitch.
Huge stampede for the exit. Times, Sunday Times
Part of the Atlantic Stampede's appeal during its 14 years of bull riding and calf roping is its focus on entertainment.
Sorry, but reality got trampled in the stampede. Times, Sunday Times
He allowed the crowd to sweep him along in their stampede, helpless to do anything else, and was carried outside.
A farmer has slammed joyriders who chased his cattle into a stampede, driving one to its death.
What was supposed to be a poised and dignified parade towards the centrepiece of the show, quickly turned into a sort of slow motion stampede. FRIENDS FOR LIFE
Students stampeded out of the classroom when the bell rang.
Last week, according to custom, the procession of ‘Catherinettes’ (composed largely of midinettes in crazy headgear) stampeded to the saint's statue on the garish Boulevard St. Denis.
But apart from a sudden stampede to the front of the stage just before the end, the proceedings remained more or less decorous. Times, Sunday Times
Once they tried to drive a herd of several hundred ponies through the line to disrupt and stampede the pack animals, but the attempt failed.
It's hard to see how this could not trigger an enormously destabilising stampede for the exit. Times, Sunday Times
This caused the horses to stampede and the men to leave the ten acre enclosure in great haste. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
Despite the fanfare that accompanied the announcement, the scheme may not trigger a stampede of investment. Times, Sunday Times
The last thing you want to do is find yourself stranded in a stampede of people all trying to leave at the same time. Times, Sunday Times
Sorry, but reality got trampled in the stampede. Times, Sunday Times
People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee.
Not entirely unremembered in Alaskan annals is the summer stampede of 1898 from Fort Yukon to the bench diggings of Tarwater Hill. LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES
So you need to buy it right away and avoid the stampede of enthused blog readers who will undoubtedly rush to order the book now!
Nearly 50 people were killed in a stampede on the riverbank at a religious festival when crowds surged forward to see her take a dip. Times, Sunday Times
Soon, adult voices began calling out to each other, and the girls backed against the wall of the candy shop to avoid a sudden stampede.
Deh tu yung menz enter deh Medow and Jackson iz stampeded bai kittehz. Is simples. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
This memory came just in time, enabling her to dive out of the way to avoid being immediately trampled by the sudden stampede of the rest of the Callisto family into the kitchen.
The news that four key Chinese steel plants were cutting production this year by up to a fifth triggered a stampede, particularly out of mining stocks. Times, Sunday Times
Fighting and shooting broke out, triggering a panicked stampede in which several people were trampled to death.
They made no prediction as to whether the results would trigger a stampede of young men eager to sign up for voluntary work. Times, Sunday Times
Some pardners with years of experience in the business of watering holes have put their heads together to launch a new one, and they've swung open the doors just in time for the Calgary Stampede - and all the money it brings.
One of the horses bolted - possibly because it had been bitten or stung by an insect - and caused the rest of the animals to stampede.
Rumour has it that some young and not so young poetic ladies stampeded the local Multi Media Centre during the week to create their own Valentine cards.
There was a stampede for the exit.
The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating
Nearly 50 people were killed in a stampede on the riverbank at a religious festival when crowds surged forward to see her take a dip. Times, Sunday Times
The annual stampede to buy presents for all the family will reach its climax this weekend with 20 million people searching the shops for the best bargain. Times, Sunday Times
There was a stampede towards the stage when the singer appeared.
Cool, a cowtown reference from RTMS. And during stampede week to boot! Parroting: Continual Conversations with the Road
From time to time, when they have ingurgitated too violent liquids, they revolt, and then they must be slaughtered, for once let loose they would act as a crazed stampeded herd. Là-bas
Out of nowhere, a stampede of dogs came rushing forth, knocking me over and to the ground.
The foxtrot is not a flashy dance; its motor impulse is more akin to clockworks than, say, the hip-driven stampede nature of the samba. Stars That Truly Dance
There was a stampede of panic - stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
Suddenly, a herd of hideous, strange animals stampeded by, as the strange man next to Jack launched arrows into the group.
There were reports of desperate stampedes as people rushed to get off trains and out of stations.
You would hope players on a football pitch would be protected at some stage rather than having a stampede of people on to the pitch. The Sun
I think dogs have been in and stampeded them and not let up until they were in the water.
They stampede leftward.
The economic malaise could stampede companies into emphasizing revenue generation, returning to the bad old days of proliferating tchotchkes that are inappropriate for the brand image.
I think the correct description is that a lot of the financial analysts are essentially herd animals, and they follow the stampede in whichever direction it's going.
Students stampeded out of the classroom when the bell rang.
Pádraig Murphy and Brian Murphy ruled the roost at midfield, while each of their forwards got their name on the scoresheet as they stampeded their way to glory.
Last year I was nearly crushed in a stampede by my horses as I tried to bring them in for the night; again because of an air bomb exploding about their heads.
He then saw a stampede of wild cattle, set loose from the docks in the pandemonium, and began shooting at them - but was unable to kill them all before a man was gored to death.
What remained of the Orcs stampeded out to greet them, their rusty weapons held high.
Indonesian player Mistar, 25, was killed by a stampede of wild pigs that overran his team's training field in 1995.
Here, too, supply/demand imbalances are at work, partly caused by a stampede of life companies and pension funds out of equities and into fixed interest stocks.
Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.
There was a stampede of panic - stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
It was as if hunters had egged on a wildebeest stampede.
This breathtaking maneuver would provide Walter Ulbricht, the East German leader, with the authority to truncate Berlin and stop the stampede of refugees. When Kennedy Blinked
Suddenly, from nowhere, a rumble starts and he hauls himself into a tree, clinging on as, beneath him, a herd of cattle stampedes across his bedding.
And free seating can trigger a stampede. Times, Sunday Times
The coalition's third attempt at seeking a sustainable fees regime is different, triggering a stampede by dozens of universities to charge the maximum fee from next year. Times, Sunday Times
But the zoo knows that the patter of tiny panda paws would turn the rush into a stampede. Times, Sunday Times
A pensioner was badly injured on Tuesday after being caught in a horse stampede at a Norwegian beauty spot.
Throw that in with his career earnings on the world stage, the Canadian Finals Rodeo and the Calgary Stampede and he became Canada's first $2 million bulldogger. Canada.com Top Stories
While "the accursed female," as we sometimes call Jezebel, too sensible to stampede, quietly continued feeding. Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front
The Afghan press corps stampede Blair as he emerges from the plane.
For 20 years, "those girls on horses" have entertained crowds at the Greeley Stampede.
Electric-shock prods and sharp sticks are typically used to torment and frighten the bulls into a stampede.
It is the fourth year the event has been staged in Pamplona in protest against the treatment of bulls, who are stampeded through the streets, prior to the bullfights in which they will be killed.
The smoke evolved into a stampede of horses only to disappear.
The boom has sparked a stampede to turn comedy into gold. Times, Sunday Times
The cows stampeded in every direction, running with udders slapping against their underbellies as my wild eyed pet snapped at their hoofs.
The prosecution's use of such evidence to stampede a jury into convicting him of multiple felonies flies in the face of the First Amendment.
The boom has sparked a stampede to turn comedy into gold. Times, Sunday Times
Prison guards from the front and back stampeded their way to Diamond Joe and piled on top of him and the Slug until they formed two mounds of blue-uniformed bodies on top of the assailants.
So the big hog feeders and pork processors stampeded to Washington, demanding that members of Congress do something to ‘save their bacon.’
But apart from a sudden stampede to the front of the stage just before the end, the proceedings remained more or less decorous. Times, Sunday Times
Of the 210 patients from the STAMPEDE study, 15 were excluded because they were readmitted to the hospital during the study period, and 9 were excluded because they had technically unanalyzable ECG data.
It was sufficient however to cause the stampede to now flow in the opposite direction as the crowd mithered around and then scattered in all four directions of town.
And artists have portrayed wild-game hunts in Africa, as well as Indian buffalo leaps in America when men have deliberately caused animal stampedes.
Initially I was more scared of being trampled in a stampede than in being effected by the tear gas.
Her fluid dresses and patterned tops caused a stampede when they were first introduced two years ago, and the range keeps getting better. Times, Sunday Times
We all get, sort of, stampeded these days, because, well, it was on the Internet, it was on this cable network, it was in this alternative newspaper, it's out there, we've got to report it.
He gave some brutal commands and the junior policemen stampeded out of the house. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
His cry of outrage about the outrage sparked outrage and a stampede for gravitas. Times, Sunday Times
Without warning, there was a sudden stampede running full pelt up from the disaster site, men and women in fatigues, burly construction workers, firemen in bunker gear.
There was a stampede towards the stage when the singer appeared.
Flames quickly surrounded hundreds of revellers packed inside the tiny dance club, triggering a stampede to escape, fire officials said.
Her fluid dresses and patterned tops caused a stampede when they were first introduced two years ago, and the range keeps getting better. Times, Sunday Times
But they must confront all sorts of dangers, including a rabid hunter and a stampede of great beasts if they are to win the game and conquer Jumanji.
In a flash, six national diary-trade groups stampeded into federal court, with a whole herd of lawyers to stop the state from implementing this law.
Llamas, chickens, goats, and other farm animals stampeded in all directions while their owners scuttled to catch their spooked livestock.
Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
There are people stampeded into that kind of a conclusion based on these phony polls.
It was like a cattle mart; stampedes of young people pulling, pushing and shoving each other.
Writing in the Conservative National Post, commentator Kevin Libin said: "I have yet to see a satisfying explanation for what sparked that Quebec stampede to the NDP, but my best guess is that it was one of those generational swings: young people in that province voting in their first federal election this week were babies when the Bloc was created and probably grew up watching with bafflement and amusement their parents' sovereigntist idealism. The New Democratic Party: the rag-tag alliance that became Canada's official opposition
And this collection looks set to cause a serious stampede. The Sun
Armstrong hopes to crack the Stampeders' line-up this season, while Sullivan will look to be inked by the Blue Bombers in the near future if he continues to impress the staff in Winnipeg.
Members of the veteran Canadian band The Stampeders, which plays Casino Regina on Saturday night, have heard a few doozies of their own from the younger members of their audience. I preview the Stampeders...
American moviegoers stampeded box offices, spending over US $200 million on admissions.
Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
The elves all swept him away as they stampeded down the tamped dirt road.
The news that four key Chinese steel plants were cutting production this year by up to a fifth triggered a stampede, particularly out of mining stocks. Times, Sunday Times
When Elizabeth saw Will, she could not contain herself and the question burst from her lips like a stampede of wild horses, ‘who was it from, Will?’
Brands took to the mountains, bike trails, ski slopes and other destinations in a stampede of marketers trying to flee the clutter of the mass market.
when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits
So popular he is that people, young and old, rush in a stampede to collect a baseball hat bearing his name and signatures of his trainer and jockey.
That could lead to a stampede for the exit before the doors close. Times, Sunday Times
Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
Despite the fanfare that accompanied the announcement, the scheme may not trigger a stampede of investment. Times, Sunday Times
She learned to look upon danger clear-eyed and with understanding, losing forever that panic fear which is bred of ignorance and which afflicts the city-reared, making them as silly as silly horses, so that they await fate in frozen horror instead of grappling with it, or stampede in blind self-destroying terror which clutters the way with their crushed carcasses. THE UNEXPECTED
Nothing dished out by the corporate-controlled media can be accepted at face value, especially under conditions of a concentrated campaign to stampede the public into a war frenzy.
A loud thunder stampeded the group of cattle.
Some were trampled in the rush and others survived the stampede with deep psychic scars.
Even the whisper of new equity or debt offerings provokes warnings of downgrades from rating agencies and investor stampedes.
At the beginning of the week local animals were stampeded and traumatised and as a result one cow - a heifer, died.
Post offices are bracing for a stampede of last-minute filers.
The sound of a car revving up and suddenly moving reached my ears, and it was not long before a black car came to my side with a stampede of crazed animals following.
This caused the horses to stampede and the men to leave the ten acre enclosure in great haste. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
An even more tragic fate befell many who, amid the crazed stampede, were able to get out of the fort.
One of my friends has a little brother who was a member of the Stampede Showband.
The Senate rejected a comparable measure in 1998, but in the current hysteria it could be stampeded into upholding the House's ignorant new law.
And this collection looks set to cause a serious stampede. The Sun
Eyewitnesses said the 17 horses stampeded over a tiny bridge on the steep downhill path then tried to get around a sharp left turn.
Chaos erupted yesterday morning at Richmond International Raceway as people stampeded through the gates in a rush to buy used iBook laptops for $50 each.
It is the kind of appeal that bypasses proper evaluation and assessment, and stampedes the decision-making process.
People stampeded from the burning cinema.
Crowds of shoppers stampede their supermarkets.
There was a stampede towards the stage when the singer appeared.
This caused the horses to stampede and the men to leave the ten acre enclosure in great haste. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
The rainbow maki (known locally as a stampeder roll) is not only a great example, it's almost a shame to eat it because it's so lovely to look at.
That was the moment that triggered the stampede. Times, Sunday Times
The annual stampede to buy presents for all the family will reach its climax this weekend with 20 million people searching the shops for the best bargain. Times, Sunday Times
Also, the cattle are less likely to stampede if it's early in the day.
Following the stampede, Juna akhara which was to lead the procession, decided to use their 'own' Bhairon ghat for the snan, and discontinued their procession to Har ki Paudi, said Vardhan. The Times of India
Some were injured as they fell down the staircase while others were trampled in the stampede.
Thunderbolts can stampede animals
Last year, 14 pilgrims were trampled to death during the ritual and 35 died in a 2001 stampede.
The citizenry of Arlington was stampeded into approving a ½ cent sales tax to build the thing back in the mid-'90s after the Rangers began threatening to depart.
The rude bump of the wheels on blacktop and the soft ding of the "seatbelt off" sign after taxiing are inevitably accompanied by the impatient sound of one hundred seatbelts flying off as eager travelers stampede for the privilege of being the first to stand in line at baggage claim. Gemma de Choisy: Confessions of a Dual Citizen
Like his co-workers he had been somewhat stampeded by Dorn's imitative faculties, faculties which enabled the former journalist to bombinate twice as loud in a void three times as great as any of his colleagues. Erik Dorn
What normally seemed like a soft tiptoe, was now a stampede of horses.
Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.
Every year the entire herd in the park, numbering some 3,000 animals, is rounded-up and stampeded into a series of corrals for veterinary checks and branding.
I refuse to be stampeded into making any hasty decisions.
I think we're doing the wrong thing, however, in letting ourselves be stampeded into taking action now.
She heard the stampede leave as Stephen gawked at his new car.
Researching the meaning of the word "battue" gives some indication of such a rifle's intended purpose, which is to rapidly acquire and shoot multiple animals in something approaching a stampede.
The $20,000 prize money for the first Stampede was the highest amount awarded in rodeo competition, at that time, and the Stampede was a huge success. Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Archives
Chinese couples had stampeded to get hitched before the Year of the Horse started last week, spooked by a cosmological sign that the coming lunar year bodes ill for newlyweds.
The last thing you want to do is find yourself stranded in a stampede of people all trying to leave at the same time. Times, Sunday Times
His first inclination was that Bru-shon's men had sent the palace horses into a stampede.
Back at the Cafe Kronborg as the crowd built up, the smells of the food put an edge to the appetite, until the normal food rush became a stampede.
You would hope players on a football pitch would be protected at some stage rather than having a stampede of people on to the pitch. The Sun
The foxtrot is not a flashy dance; its motor impulse is more akin to clockworks than, say, the hip-driven stampede nature of the samba. Stars That Truly Dance
The way film-makers have grappled with that challenge - first avoiding it, then rushing at it in a collective stampede - is not just a story about the evolution of the cinema.
So popular he is that people, young and old, rush in a stampede to collect a baseball hat bearing his name and signatures of his trainer and jockey.
Several children were pushed over in the stampede.
This would create a stampede to produce real "shovel-ready" domestic investment and jobs. Al Checchi: Government's Travels
This cheap cartoon series has caused a knee-high gold rush, as children stampede to spend their monthly allowance (once known as pocket money) on the cult.
The cattle stampeded towards the farm.
Their release created a stampede of users to Windows Update, resulting in slow response times yesterday.
There was a stampede of panic - stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
What happened on Sunday morning, as far as the media reports have it, is that for some, as yet unestablished, reason, a stampede broke out among the thousands of pilgrims who were on their way from Arafah to the Jamarat Bridge near Mina.
This caused the horses to stampede and the men to leave the ten acre enclosure in great haste. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
While miners, sourdoughs and cheechakos stampeded the town, Frederick Arthur Kubon was born.
They made no prediction as to whether the results would trigger a stampede of young men eager to sign up for voluntary work. Times, Sunday Times
A carnival should be all growls, roars like timberlands stacked, bundled, rolled and crashed, great explosions of lion dust, men ablaze with working anger, pop bottles jangling, horse brasses shivering, engines and elephants in full stampede through rains of sweat while zebras neighed and trembled and like cage trapped in cage. Carnival of the Liberals 88
An even more tragic fate befell many who, amid the crazed stampede, were able to get out of the fort.
Sorry, but reality got trampled in the stampede. Times, Sunday Times
Property developers are rushing to release high-end flats in the wake of the stampede for units at Henderson Land Development's Grand Promenade project.
His cry of outrage about the outrage sparked outrage and a stampede for gravitas. Times, Sunday Times
Games arrive to rescue college football from the most off of off-seasons Alabama, No. 1 in preseason football rankings, a healing force in Tuscaloosa Eight Miami players must sit out games and repay benefits, NCAA rules Arizona and Arizona State deal with rash of odd injuries College football is much better in on-season with corny Lee Corso in headdress, Ralphie on stampede, Beano Cook on podcast and Nevin Shapiro in prison. News - latimes.com
Prior to release, electric prods and sharp sticks may well have been used to torment and frighten the bulls into a stampede.
He felt like he'd been dragged behind a stampede of horses, maybe he had.
Heaven forbid they see me in my typical trail riding attire: comfy jeans, western blouse and cowboy hat, complete with braided horsehair stampede string.
Are we really going to stampede to the shops just to get a fiver off a telly? The Sun
That was the moment that triggered the stampede. Times, Sunday Times
Early in the battle, the advancing Sioux stampeded their horses.
One of the horses bolted - possibly because it had been bitten or stung by an insect - and caused the rest of the animals to stampede.
Jonine ducked behind me, her chin bumping into my shoulder as a sudden stampede of underclassmen came pushing past from the other direction.
But the zoo knows that the patter of tiny panda paws would turn the rush into a stampede. Times, Sunday Times

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