ravin
Example Sentences
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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 William Carleton
That he ravin not, make-a-prey; called a plueker Renter or Tearer, and elsewhere Laby that is, Harty and couragious; Kphir, this lurking, Couchant.
From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle
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 Algernon Charles Swinburne
The thievery of his thoughts and the ravin of his envy would have provided interesting bases of speculation for the reflective magistrate, since, if, according to the metaphysician, thoughts are things, he committed crimes daily.
From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Charles M. Snyder
Four Winds Harbor was beginning to be a thing of dream and glamour and enchantment—a spellbound haven where no tempest might ever ravin.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
