ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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"Jenny," said David, now perfectly bewildered by all this, to him, wholly incomprehensible ravin, "ye say I'm fou; but, if I'm no greatly mistaen, ye're the fouest o' the twa."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
This sea of silver, "hushed and halcyon," or this sea of wrath and ravin, wild as Judgment Day.
From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Le Gallienne, Richard
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
But we cain't hang up heah, moon eyed an' ravin'.
From Valley of Wild Horses by Grey, Zane
These incidents are rendered more distressing in our country than elsewhere, because our printers ravin on the agonies of their victims, as wolves do on the blood of the lamb.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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