ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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Such differences do exist, and conditions vary the world over, whence nature, which accumulates inequalities in the struggle for life, "with ravin shrieks against our creed."
From Heart of Man by Woodberry, George Edward
No thought he had but mere despair, no hope but the mere ravin of a beast.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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
Nature, as red in tooth and claw with ravin, is thus without question a large and general fact that must be considered by any theory of teleology which can be propounded.
From Thoughts on Religion by Gore, Charles
It put with irate and verbose extravagance the fact that sometimes Nature, red in tooth and claw, With ravin shrieked against his creed; but it failed to see any but one side of the question.
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
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