ferine
Example Sentences
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"Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain."
From The Call of the Wild by Jack London
We killed some wild ferine creatures at the foot of these hills; but, except two things, like to nothing that we ever saw before, we met with nothing that was fit to eat.
From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe
The sort of ferine reputation which he had acquired for himself abroad prevented numbers, of course, of his countrymen, whom he would have most cordially welcomed, from seeking his acquaintance.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
The Here, the Now, the vast Forlorn around us; The gold-delirium, the ferine strife; The lusts that lure us on, the hates that hound us; Our red rags in the patch-work quilt of Life.
From Ballads of a Cheechako by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
This does not mean that the result in either case is an all around and consistent rehabilitation of the ferine or barbarian habit of mind and body.
From Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
