laving
Example Sentences
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As Leibgeber was laving that lion's breast of his with cold water, Firmian noticed that he pushed aside a little key, and asked what it opened.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
When I came to, Mrs. Garner, greatly frightened, was kneeling beside me and laving my face with eau-de-Cologne.
From Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover by Laura Jean Libbey
But the king burst out laughing, and ordered that every he and she sent him be brought a separate bason of silver, and a separate ewer of silver, for laving.
From Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin
It is evident that this pike was laving up against a rainy day.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
Stepping out into the creek, they hopped from one mossy stone to another, the water pleasantly laving their feet.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
