Sample sentences for RECONNOITER

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Definition

to explore — especially for military purposes

Not until twenty miles farther on, when they reconnoitered in the dark of a mountain hollow, and he stepped from the saddle and his leg buckled under him, the blood sloshing in his boot like a full well bucket, did he notice the ankle.
Forest Carter -- Education of Little Tree

reconnoitered = explored

He's reconnoitering a hole, sir.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
I am off to reconnoitre in the canoe.'
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

"We ought to reconnoitre now," he said, "because if any come near they may hear the spades and drop upon us unawares."
H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

It was too light and too early to do anything, but they wanted to reconnoitre and get a look at the place.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

Star herself reconnoitered, and got acquainted in Nevia, too.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
As he lived in barracks I was a little doubtful whether this was feasible, but we went out to reconnoitre.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

Once or twice I saw a ripple where he approached the surface, just put his head out to reconnoitre, and instantly dived again.
Henry David Thoreau -- Walden

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

He turns away from the Raft, skims across the ocean to Port Sherman to do a bit of reconnoitering there.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
Kassad had gone ahead to reconnoiter the village.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
I am going out to reconnoitre—to see what life there is like.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

Venn resolved to reconnoitre somewhat carefully the lonely road which led along the vale from Wildeve's dwelling to Clym's house at Alderworth.
Thomas Hardy -- The Return of the Native

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

They were supposed to stay there only until the neighborhood had been reconnoitered and suitable winter quarters found.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
The matter was to ascertain, by reconnoitering, how the enemy guarded this bastion.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers
Absorbed in his plans, Dick did not notice a patrol car pan him, slow down, reconnoiter.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
We're reconnoitering right now!
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
I wouldn't mind taking out a line of skirmishers to reconnoiter the position.
Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels
After which he proceeded to the margin of the thicket to reconnoitre.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Prairie

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use reconnoiter.)

I won't be mad and I'll just tell Damien and the Twins that you're reconnoitering.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked

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