ravin

Example Sentences

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Why, boys, ye must all be ravin distracted!

From Among the Brigands by De Mille, James

Well, that was before you tuck to the fightin'; but I'm ravin'.

From The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

As a sword is the heart of the God thy brother, But thine as the heart of a new-made mother,1320 To deliver thy sons from his ravin, and rage of his tide.

From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

"The whole population were ravin mad, an we had hard enough work to get away."

From Among the Brigands by De Mille, James

"Jenny," said David, now perfectly bewildered by all this, to him, wholly incomprehensible ravin, "ye say I'm fou; but, if I'm no greatly mistaen, ye're the fouest o' the twa."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various