ogress

Example Sentences

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The ogress and the orphans do the ridding, with cleareyed ingenuity.

From New York Times

The lace is sometimes vicious, the blood sometimes dainty, but everything is always graceful and pretty — even an ogress fantasizing about eating people is actually dreaming of marzipan and butter.

From New York Times

Previous screen ogresses, such as those of Fatal Attraction, Misery or Play Misty for Me, have often been infatuated with men.

From The Guardian

At any cost of pain to herself or others duty must be done--the little ones rescued from the ogress.

From Project Gutenberg

"Oh, don't be vexed, cook," said the ogress, who by this time had grown to depend absolutely upon Dimple's word in such matters.

From Project Gutenberg