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ravin

[rav-in] / ˈræv ɪn /




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He sure does," said Buck, "which shows that he's jest ravin'.

From The Untamed by Max Brand

Ae nicht whan the win' gaed ravin aboot,   And the winnocks war speckled wi' faem, Frae room to room she strayt in and oot,   And she spied her pearly kaim.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald

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 John Bartlett

These incidents are rendered more distressing in our country than elsewhere, because our printers ravin on the agonies of their victims, as wolves do on the blood of the lamb.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Four Winds Harbor was beginning to be a thing of dream and glamour and enchantment—a spellbound haven where no tempest might ever ravin.

From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery


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