Example Sentences

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The giant warthog had slimed his old clothes pretty badly, so Piper had taken him for some emergency shopping in Pylos.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

And viler poisons many, which herself Has made, she adds, whereto no name is given: Pestiferous leaves pregnant with magic chants And blades of grass which in their primal growth Her cursed mouth had slimed.

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan