ravin

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Such differences do exist, and conditions vary the world over, whence nature, which accumulates inequalities in the struggle for life, "with ravin shrieks against our creed."

From Heart of Man by Woodberry, George Edward

What we've got to do is to hustle, an' in the long run we'll find that will pay better'n ravin'.

From An Amateur Fireman by Otis, James

But we cain't hang up heah, moon eyed an' ravin'.

From Valley of Wild Horses by Grey, Zane

Nature, as red in tooth and claw with ravin, is thus without question a large and general fact that must be considered by any theory of teleology which can be propounded.

From Thoughts on Religion by Gore, Charles

How bitter a thing this was to this barrister of Gray’s Inn, may be seen in the strange terms of terror and ravin with which he characterizes these “strong, puissant, counterfeit holy, and idle beggars.”

From A Supplication for the Beggars by Fish, Simon