trepan

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Marshal Ney had a silver trepan in his skull, a bullet wound in his ankle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fearful things: bonesaws, abdomen retractor, trocar and trepan.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Hilarion: And weasels at their slumbers They trepan Cyril & Florian: They trepan; Hilarion: To get sunbeams from cucumbers They've a plan Cyril & Florian: They've a plan.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

And weasels at their slumbers They'll trepan; To get sunbeams from cuCUMbers They've a plan.

From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Young Love, who shews us His midsummer light, Spreads the same halo O'er Winter's dark night; And Fame never dazzles To lure and trepan; Oh! believe me, believe me, Believe if you can!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles