ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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The waters have risen, The springs are unbound— The floods break their prison, And ravin around.
From Songs from Books by Kipling, Rudyard
The thievery of his thoughts and the ravin of his envy would have provided interesting bases of speculation for the reflective magistrate, since, if, according to the metaphysician, thoughts are things, he committed crimes daily.
From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Snyder, Charles M.
Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die.
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
Ae nicht whan the win' gaed ravin aboot, And the winnocks war speckled wi' faem, Frae room to room she strayt in and oot, And she spied her pearly kaim.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
Why, boys, ye must all be ravin distracted!
From Among the Brigands by De Mille, James
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