antre
Example Sentences
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There Chiron old, In the Pelethronian antre, taught thee lore: The plants, he taught, and by the shining stars In forests dim to steer.
From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson
He had a sweet hover, both for rest and recreation, under the bank, in a placid antre, where the water made no noise, but tickled his belly in digestive ease.
From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Seeing him as she did, she turned from him and shunned his house as the antre of an ogre.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
"Sacre nom, nous sommes tombes dans un antre de betes sauvages!" exclaimed Masaroon, starting up, and anxiously examining the skirts of his brocade coat, lest that sudden deluge had caught him.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
From almost earliest youth I raised the lids o' the truth, And forced her bend on me her shrinking sight; Ever I knew me Beauty's eremite, In antre of this lowly body set.
From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Francis Thompson
