hoofbeats

She dimly recalled hoofbeats approaching before something had flown over her head and sent her sprawling into the underbrush.

red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

And the hoofbeats were a constant reminder that he was really leading the Gobignon host to war.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

"The word" hoofbeats "brings to mind the heart of the rider," Hare said, "and we chose the word" hope "because there is hope for anyone."

The Norman Transcript Homepage By Doris Wedge 2010

I think that Harry may hear the "hoofbeats" of the many who signed petitions, made phone calls, visited offices, and otherwise convinced our "elected officials" that we have had enough of corporate business-as-usual bullshit, and WE have the votes to cut off their gravytrain if we don't re-elect them.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

I think that Harry may hear the "hoofbeats" of the many who signed petitions, made phone calls, visited offices, and otherwise convinced our "elected officials" that we have had enough of corporate business-as-usual bullshit, and WE have the votes to cut off their gravytrain if we don't re-elect them.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

There is a well-known phrase in emergency medicine that I believe applies equally well to science: when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras.

The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

Through a series of courageous raids against the Tartars, Temujin’s legend grew, until Temujin was chasing a vision: to unite many tribes into one, to make the earth tremble under the hoofbeats of a thousand warhorses, to subject unknown nations and even empires to his will.

Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden: Book summary 2010

There is a well-known phrase in emergency medicine that I believe applies equally well to science: when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras.

The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

When Nick Nolte's character is watching his beloved colt run, Mr. Nolte's body rises and sinks with the rhythm of its hoofbeats, and we are moved by the sight but filled with worry.

At the Races, In the Money Nancy deWolf Smith 2012

In other words, if the given situation or symptom is, metaphorically, hoofbeats, then the correct phrase would read something to the effect, “When you hear hoofbeats, look for horses first.”

The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011