ravin

Example Sentences

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I sat next Laycock at dinner and he was ravin'.

From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses; And filled his caves with prey, And his dens with ravin.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

"Jenny," said David, now perfectly bewildered by all this, to him, wholly incomprehensible ravin, "ye say I'm fou; but, if I'm no greatly mistaen, ye're the fouest o' the twa."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

Is there no peace without bloodshed under the sun and moon, no respite from ravin even when the night is hooded like a dead monk?

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John