ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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Save Thy lamp, Thy hound, From wolves that ravin and from thieves that prey!
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
As a sword is the heart of the God thy brother, But thine as the heart of a new-made mother,1320 To deliver thy sons from his ravin, and rage of his tide.
From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
He sure does," said Buck, "which shows that he's jest ravin'.
From The Untamed by Brand, Max
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
Well, that was before you tuck to the fightin'; but I'm ravin'.
From The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
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