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a contest in which knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lancesor:
any kind of contest
- I saw the jousting show in Las Vegas.
jousting = a contest in which mounted knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances
- She fell entering the final curve as the runners jousted for position.
- "They don't joust," Marion grumbled,Sarah Dessen -- Someone Like You
- Sir Grummore Grummursum is on the way to challenge you to a joust.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- "Better than jousting in a Kansas cornfield," Percy agreed.Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
- In the museums there were pictures of jousting knights and harlequins with wooden swords: masked men, sad and funny.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- He rides out, then turns, running hard for the dead like a knight in a joust.Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- When I saw the smile I realized verbal jousting was the only sport of Edward T. Reynolds, his only method of communication.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- Bree wanted to joust, but Kristina thought about a long walk home and put Bree back into her box.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- No, my jousting days are done, he thought as he dismounted .... but all the same, he stopped to watch a while.George R.R. Martin -- A Feast For Crows
- And then your Highness will begin to learn how to tilt and joust.C.S. Lewis -- The Horse and His Boy
- "Five days of jousting were planned," she said.George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
- I backed Ser Jaime in the jousting, along with half the court.George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
- The little men were done up in wooden armor, miniature knights preparing for a joust.George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
- Jamie made a game of it, of course, running up and down between the flapping fabrics, pretending he was a knight at a joust.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- And if ye think that I be weary, and ye have an appetite to joust with me, I shall find you jousting enough.Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
- "Will you joust today, my lord?" she asked him.George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
- I will well, said Arthur, and rode fast after the sword, and when he came home, the lady and all were out to see the jousting.Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I
- I will well, said Arthur, and rode fast after the sword, and when he came home, the lady and all were out to see the jousting.Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur
- Most folks were right-handed, and back then a man wanted to keep his sword or jousting pole closest to his enemy.David Baldacci -- Zero Day
joust = a contest in which knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances
joust = a contest in which knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances
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