ferine

Example Sentences

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The only ferine companions we now had were a few hardy quadrupeds and birds, capable of enduring the winter.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

"Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain."

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack

We killed some wild ferine creatures at the foot of these hills; but, except two things, like to nothing that we ever saw before, we met with nothing that was fit to eat.

From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Defoe, Daniel

Unde nostra ætate neminem ferine musicum invenias, qui non omni redundat vitiorum genere.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)

This does not mean that the result in either case is an all around and consistent rehabilitation of the ferine or barbarian habit of mind and body.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein