hare and hounds

Example Sentences

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The familiar hare and hounds pattern of nightmare.

From Shock Treatment by Mullen, Stanley

I felt as if I were taking part in a schoolboy game of hare and hounds.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

Is this a marathon or hare and hounds?

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

The sight of Miss Middleton running inflamed young Crossjay with the passion of the game of hare and hounds.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

"Once let 'em in, and they'd be for playing at hare and hounds over the flower-beds."

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry