railed
Example Sentences
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The U.S. invaders were two snail-like creatures Railed the American slipper limpet and the American whelk tingle, which bore through the shells and eat the young oysters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those hinds that were transformed to frogs Railed at Latona’s twin-born progeny, Which after held the sun and moon in fee.”
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
Well, they were long in coming, as he thought; And so the god of spits and gridirons Railed like himself—the devil.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Railed in from his admirers is the intelligent, well-fed, highly popular wooden man, whose life-like expression raises a smile upon the faces of all who approach him.
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
The windbag of the new Hibernian school Railed on with shocking sameness.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892 by Various
