ravin
Example Sentences
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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
It was an everlasting pity Alden contradicted him, for he broke out like one ravin distracted mad.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Bartle stared at him; "Bodagh Buie's!—what do I know about Bodagh Buie? are you ravin'?"
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
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
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 Charles Gore
