ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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The whole creation groaneth and travaileth, and so red in tooth and claw with ravin is Nature, that, it is said, no animal in a wild state dies a natural death.
From Man's Redemption of Man A Lay Sermon by Osler, William
Four Winds Harbor was beginning to be a thing of dream and glamour and enchantment—a spellbound haven where no tempest might ever ravin.
From Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"It's sma' won'er the puir thing hasna muckle eppiteet," remarked Mrs. Blatherwick, "considerin the w'y yon ravin laddie up the stair has been cairryin on til her!"
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
Why, boys, ye must all be ravin distracted!
From Among the Brigands by De Mille, 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
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