wolf trap

Example Sentences

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Schriever said Thursday that no grizzlies have so far been caught in a wolf trap.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

His purchases: one wolf trap; one wolfhound; two accordions; one well-preserved Egyptian mummy; one plaster bust of Julius Caesar; five tombstones; 100 quarts of bug poison.

From Time Magazine Archive

Late in the afternoon, as we were approaching a wolf trap, Oo-koo-hoo, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and gazed ahead.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

At his shoulder, tall, gaunt, angular, with lantern jaws and a mouth like a wolf trap, deep-set eyes that flamed under bushy eyebrows, stood Pierre de l'Hopital, the true master of Brittany.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

Hearken to the tick of this lock-a wolf trap has'n't a livelier spring; pan and cock speak together, like two singing masters undertaking a psalm in meetin'.

From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore