ravin

Example Sentences

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Why, boys, ye must all be ravin distracted!

From Among the Brigands by De Mille, James

Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die.

From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

How bitter a thing this was to this barrister of Gray’s Inn, may be seen in the strange terms of terror and ravin with which he characterizes these “strong, puissant, counterfeit holy, and idle beggars.”

From A Supplication for the Beggars by Fish, Simon

Fury: In each human heart terror survives         The ravin it has gorged.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

Depuis la consolidation de ce terrain des torrens nouveaux y ont creus� un ravin large et profond, par lequel s'�coulent actuellement les eaux des montagnes, et les pierres qu'elles en arrachent.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James