Example Sentences

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Ogres become sort of saintly, is maybe a good way to put it?

From Slate • May 26, 2021

Then "Shrek the Halls" celebrates the holidays with a family of Ogres.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2015

Ogres and foxkin, goblins and gwyllions, all engaged in the deadly dance of battle.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Ogres weren’t dangerous only because of their size and their cruelty.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

The course would lead him past The Land of Ogres, then, Along the coast at last, To reach his home again.

From Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Cropley, Arthur