ravin
Example Sentences
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Ae nicht whan the win' gaed ravin aboot, And the winnocks war speckled wi' faem, Frae room to room she strayt in and oot, And she spied her pearly kaim.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
He sure does," said Buck, "which shows that he's jest ravin'.
From The Untamed by Max Brand
This sea of silver, "hushed and halcyon," or this sea of wrath and ravin, wild as Judgment Day.
From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Richard Le Gallienne
No thought he had but mere despair, no hope but the mere ravin of a beast.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
