ferine
Example Sentences
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In that moment, she was a throw-back of a million years, and through her veins fumed the ferine blood of her paleolithic forebears.
From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
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)
There was a silence of some seconds, and his yellow ferine gaze met hers strangely.
From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
"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