Use "moat" in a sentence

1. At the other side of the moat, a sentry post full of archers was raised high above the ground and below it was the enormous arched entrance into the palace

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2. Anything that makes it past the moat must deal with him

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3. A dry moat

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4. So far he had been correct and the first small village that they had come to, Moat Wood, although half deserted, had provided fair pickings

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5. Dazed by exhaustion, she wandered into the moat, wading into the murky waters until they were at her waist

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6. I just hope his stamina holds out, she thought, once more turning her attention to the horde of shadows lurking beyond the moat

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7. Plus there’s a dry moat

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8. “The moat will become impassable, and we will be safe!”

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9. However, all that bullshit on the phone paid off and we learned that Novorski was sponsoring the fair - a highly prestigious event considering the amount of vomit already visible - and had been scheduled to appear right about midnight, say a couple of words to the gathered crowd and then probably go back to counting cotton balls in his well-guarded warehouse complex, complete with electric fences, a minefield, and a piranha-filled moat, with trained alligators for guards, riding sharks armed with lasers and rocket jets

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10. A city under siege, without walls or trenches, nothing but the river as a moat

11. Eynochia crawled, wheezing out of the moat surrounding the dark castle

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12. stated, “Cinder, can you port us past the moat?” he asked before realizing that

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13. he lightly touched down at the other side of the castle’s moat, dew-dropped with

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14. drain, and into the moat

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15. The water poured into the moat, and Orphenn was dumped into its dark

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16. through the cracked glass into the moat, stories below

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17. watched Orphenn crawl out of the moat and fly away on a sky ride

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18. Ardara had shot to death and thrown into the castle moat

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19. There was the River Atella that came out of the north, swept around the city, and flowed to the northeast, practically surrounding the city with a moat

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20. The deep moat was empty

21. The outer stone walls on the other side of the moat were more than three times the height of a man, and had recently been fortified with iron spikes that glistened in the sunlight

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22. Behind him, the moat sparkled in the dawn light

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23. type of moat around the altar as the others shifted into their animal

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24. struggling, as the blood flowed out of her into the moat around the

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25. A few moments later they themselves were standing on the brink of the mighty moat that cut them off from the castle of the Black Seers

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26. Purple, red, yellow, and pink surrounded the base of the house like a moat of full plush hues

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27. Furthermore, between us and the moat

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28. In front of the bars was a moat that appeared to border the

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29. THE MOAT TO TOUCH THE BEASTS! THEY’LL BITE YOUR HAND OFF!

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30. through the moat and then somehow crawl up the incline and

31. the moat and if tomorrow ‘they’ ask us what happened to her

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32. She’s in the moat

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33. moat and a fence

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34. � Nancy was relieved to see that the village outside the southern moat of the castle was basically the same as when she had toured it in 2003

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35. I may not have spent two thousand hours in the library researching castle moat irrigation or drawbridge gears, like some people we know, but I do like the stories about the battles in these old castles

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36. Go get pikes and lances there, then cut the heads of those executed here and plant them on pikes along the outer moat

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37. The fifth one was greeted by a piercing war scream and a punch to his plexus, while the sixth one, charging at a run with his musket wielded like a club, was grabbed by an arm, swung around her twice and sent flying in the water-filled moat

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38. Across the moat the ceremonial center was filled with massive platforms that

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39. "The temple complex within the moat and the one behind us are ancient," the

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40. Across the moat the center was filled with massive platforms that were topped with

41. “The temple complex within the moat and the one behind us are ancient,” the mahu

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42. As they neared the other side, Rinard couldn’t help but comment, “Krane, even you must think this crazy moat is a bit over the top

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43. Aside from the daunting stairs, a moat populated by the deadliest creatures of Hroon was busily under construction

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44. There is an unbridgeable moat of disposable possessions growing between the indulgent and indigent classes

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45. The queen stood alone; the child gone, the maze a memory of a daydream, ripples of a teared regret she was wish-casting into the parasite-repelling chemical moat protecting her Emporium of Shitzmos

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46. Litzia rode her horse hard along the bridleway that circled the great moat, far harder than she knew she ought, as if physical exertion, if not a modicum of danger, could drive the feelings of restlessness from her body

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47. Nic and I scooped out a moat

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48. If there is no water around, you can fill the dry moat with tarps

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49. the far end where the wall had crumbled into the moat years ago

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50. no doubt that Violet Gamble had just walked across the moat and

51. All in all he could use a good washing in the moat

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52. He made quickly for the moat and despite the cold jumped in

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53. Caymus climbed from the moat feeling refreshed

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54. He wished now that he’d taken it with him to the moat

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55. sizzle and a puff of smoke that rested on the surface of the moat

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56. en she crossed the moat bridge with haste and ran down the trail

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57. Ronan and Branan ran across the moat bridge with several

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58. e moat off ers protection, and the walls are strong

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59. e rocks which jutted into the moat

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60. “I wonder if there are any fi sh in the moat,” said Tamlyn

61. “We’re thinking there might be some trout in that moat there,

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62. “I don’t think there’s any fi sh in this moat,” said Tam

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63. boys on the banks of the moat and headed in their direction

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64. “Twas in the moat,” said Caleb “Coulda been there years

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65. “I think she sank it in the moat to be

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66. Tamlyn nodded and headed for the moat

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67. moat, you know,” she teased, poking him playfully in the ribs

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68. could fi ll the moat by himself

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69. quick check in the moat, in case he’s just bathing

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70. onto the Solway Firth via a wide lake that fed the castle moat

71. fact that a sturdy footbridge had been built across the moat

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72. She fell asleep with Abacus circled around her, a moat of safety, and a moat that nothing would dare to cross

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73. There was a deep moat with a long drawbridge and portcullis

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74. The moat was deep and still, the water an inky blue

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75. the moat, she looked to the heights of the castle

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76. “Poor thing, we will definitely put her in the moat

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77. merit, leave anything breathing air out of the moat and

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78. “Remember, whatever you place in the moat will have to

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79. There would be an x-shaped coat of arms on the tower, which would stand at the centre of the castle and the whole construction would be protected by a moat

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80. system complete with moat and bridge

81. potatoes, cornstarch, cakes, rice, and puddings are examples of dietary starch as are moat

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82. drawbridge and moat and all the belongings usually ascribed to castles of the sort

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83. "Instantly, Sir What's-his-name recovered himself, pitched the tyrant out of the window, and turned to join the lady, victorious, but with a bump on his brow, found the door locked, tore up the curtains, made a rope ladder, got halfway down when the ladder broke, and he went headfirst into the moat, sixty feet below

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84. Wantley was one of those who preferred chewing and he had been spitting upon the floor to such an extent that he was by this time partly surrounded by a kind of semicircular moat of dark brown spittle

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85. `I'm a Bush Baptist!' he shouted across the moat, `and you all

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86. `'Ear, 'ear,' said the man behind the moat

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87. 'ave?' shouted the man behind the moat

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88. The man on the pail was the only one who did not seem nervous; perhaps he felt safer because he was, as usual, surrounded by a moat

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89. `'Ear, 'ear,' shouted the man behind the moat

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90. At dinner time all the old hands assembled in the kitchen, including Crass, Easton, Harlow, Bundy and Dick Wantley, who still sat on a pail behind his usual moat

91. `'Ear! 'Ear!' shouted the man behind the moat

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92. exclaimed the man behind the moat

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93. `Hear, hear,' cried the man behind the moat

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94. `Or to 'ell,' suggested the man behind the moat

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95. `'Ear, 'ear,' cried Crass, eagerly - and Ned Dawson and the man behind the moat both said that that was what they would like to know, too

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96. `You can't change 'uman nature, you know,' cried the man behind the moat, and the one who had the copper wire stitches in his boot laughed scornfully

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97. The man behind the moat did not seem very satisfied with this answer, and told the others that he could not see anything to laugh at

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98. `An agnostic,' said the man behind the moat, `is a bloke wot

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99. He sat down by the side of the moat, buried his face in his hands and reflected

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100. The wall around the courtyard was intact, but the moat had dried up, and the ground in the slight remaining dip was used to grow vegetables and fruit trees