deathful
Example Sentences
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Didst thou hide the birth and lineage of that chief of deathful ire, As a man in folds of garments seeks to hide the flaming fire?
From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh
Thy deathful bow against some deer-herd bent, Sacred to Dian?
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John
Ye dewy mists the arid rocks o'er-spread Whose slippery face derides his deathful tread!
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William
But when the tenth bright morning orient glow'd, The faithful youth his monarch's mandate show'd: The fatal tablets, till that instant seal'd, The deathful secret to the king reveal'd.
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
No cry for help parted the pale lips, but those wide eyes were luminous with a love whose fire that deathful river could not quench.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 by Various
