CLOVEN in a Sentence
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Example sentences for CLOVEN, such as:
1. They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track.
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Meanings and Examples of CLOVEN
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cloven
a. (used of hooves) split, divided
Classic Sentence:
1 He gave the word; and still gazing round him, was steadily lowered through the cloven blue air to the deck.
2 They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
3 Not so faintly now as they come near the bridge; and in a moment, as they pass the darkened windows, the silence is cloven by alarm as by an arrow.
4 Hither Alpheus the river of Elis, so rumour runs, hath cloven a secret passage beneath the sea, and now through thy well-head, Arethusa, mingles with the Sicilian waves.
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