perished
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Alas! it grieveth me, the learned leech Perished in a tumult many years ago, Accused—our learning’s fate—of wizardry.
From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various
Men Perished in winter-winds till one smote fire From flint-stones coldly hiding what they held, The red spark treasured from the kindling sun.
From The Light of Asia by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
Sad and fearful is the story Of the Roncevalles fight; On those fatal plains of glory Perished many a gallant Knight.
From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
Vanished from you is the fair one, Perished has the tin-adorned one.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
Perished, and became an English immortal—his sins erased by his unconscious sacrifice.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison
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