ravin
Example Sentences
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The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses; And filled his caves with prey, And his dens with ravin.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Richard Green Moulton
"It's sma' won'er the puir thing hasna muckle eppiteet," remarked Mrs. Blatherwick, "considerin the w'y yon ravin laddie up the stair has been cairryin on til her!"
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
"Nature, red in tooth and claw, with ravin shrieks against the creed" of the Theist.
From Arrows of Freethought by G. W. (George William) Foote
He sure does," said Buck, "which shows that he's jest ravin'.
From The Untamed by Max Brand
These incidents are rendered more distressing in our country than elsewhere, because our printers ravin on the agonies of their victims, as wolves do on the blood of the lamb.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
