Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use chariot in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb

Chariot means a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare. Example: “The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.”

Examples of chariot by meaning

nounA two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.

  • The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.

More sentences with chariot

  • Chariots scyth'd, on thundering axles rolled.From the entry scythed
  • England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago.2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times. From the entry belligerent
  • Petronius writes of a female essedaria, a gladiatress, fighting from a British chariot.2017, Peter Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry gladiatress
  • On the forehorses rode two chariot men; and on the four others, four henchmen in black gowns.2013, Alison Weir, Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World. From the entry forehorse
  • These three-wheeled chariots are baby strollers that have been modified for running enthusiasts.2010 October 19, Chris Cooper, Long May You Run: All. Things. Running., Touchstone, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry running stroller
  • Hey baby, it's me, I am in the parking lot of your building, your chariot awaits baby.2009, T. Louise, Right Here, Right Now, page 45. From the entry your chariot awaits
  • For this scene, four horses pulling two full-size chariots were led onto a massive treadmill at centerstage.2008 January 4, Roger Mummert, “Stage Doors and Rail Stops”, in New York Times. From the entry centerstage
  • Artembáres, chariot fighter, with Masistres, the bowmaster great Imaeus, and Pharandaces, and Sosthanes, driver of horses.1958, Richmond Lattimore, The Poetry of Greek Tragedy, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press, →LCCN, page 35. From the entry bowmaster
  • For every suitor, he presented the challenge of a chariot race across the Peloponnese to the Isthmus of Corinth.2015 July 6, Richard A. Spencer, Harry Potter and the Classical World: Greek and Roman Allusions in J.K. Rowling's Modern Epic, McFarland…. From the entry Œnomaus
  • "Young knight, your chariot awaits," he announced, as a long silver limousine rolled to a stop in front of them.1987, Betty Henrichs, Casanova's Downfall, page 61. From the entry your chariot awaits
  • The wheels were solid, two half discs dowelled against the hub, and the chariots were pulled along by oxen or asses.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 79. From the entry dowel
  • A feature of "Horse-capades" will be the appearance of horses and chariots used in the Academy award winning motion picture "Ben-Hur."1960 May 22, “Chariots of 'Ben-Hur' in Medinah's 'Horsecapades'”, in Chicago Tribune. From the entry capade
  • Nevertheless, the art of fighting on foot was an obligatory part of military education which even a charioted knight could ignore at his own peril.1989, Sarva Daman Singh, Ancient Indian Warfare, page 18. From the entry charioted
  • But in the New Kingdom, after the invasion of the Hyksos in their horse-drawn chariots, the horse became a more powerful image.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry Hyksos
  • Rāb(ṇ) gave command to his son, Narātǎk, who, with sea-dragons yoked to his chariot and with bow and arrow in hand, marshalled his officers and forces in urgent haste.2013, Judith M. Jacob, The Cambodian Version of the Ramayana, London: Routledge, page 10. From the entry sea dragon
  • Then in the Da Yu ting there is the record of a man who received land and grants of a chariot and horses, clothing and a horde of slaves.2011, Amit Bhattacharyya, “A Note on the Sources”, in The Chinese Civilization Hsia to the Ch'in Dynasty 2207 BC-206 BC, Rachayita, →ISBN…. From the entry Chishan
  • In the center of the main panel Selene descends from her chariot, whose horses are held by a nymph, to join Endymion, who lies to the right.1999, Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. Lenardon, Classical Mythology, page 43. From the entry Selene
  • This unusual sketch from the Valley of the Kings depicts a queen or perhaps a goddess riding into battle in a chariot against a male opponent.1978, William H. Peck, Egyptian Drawings. From the entry aspective
  • Not a looming cloud, But may the King's majestic chariot be, That brings Him nigh, when we are overbowed, To dwell with you, O friend, to dwell with me!1915, Elizabeth Gibson, “With Clouds”, in London, page 23. From the entry overbow
  • Nobody seriously suggests that navigating the aisles of a supermarket with a barcode-reader in one hand and a wire shopping chariot in the other is a highlight of contemporary civilisation.1998 June 13, Dee Siner, “Selling out”, in The Guardian, page 70. From the entry barcode-reader

Meaning of chariot

  1. noun A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
  2. noun A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
  3. noun The rook piece.

Full definition of chariot

Questions about chariot in a sentence

How do you use chariot in a sentence?
Chariot is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.”
What is a short sentence with chariot?
“Chariots scyth'd, on thundering axles rolled.”
What does chariot mean?
Chariot means a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chariot (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use chariot in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/chariot. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.