ogress

Example Sentences

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But when she came out she fell into the hands of the Ogress who kept the inn they were now in.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

The Ogress went and brought a golden harp to him, set it on the table, and went away.

From The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations by Unknown

"Why don't you go on darning?" asked the Ogress.

From Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

There he would sit, looking at her, and warming his hands, and looking at her, until he sometimes quite confounded Mrs Pipchin, Ogress as she was.

From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

But otherwise no damage was done, and I got the note Taylor had tied to the string, which I had pulled up by the time the Ogress had departed.

From Kitty Canary by Bosher, Kate Langley