Example Sentences

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It occurred thus: I once went out with a rifle to hunt for roebucks, for here roebucks come out in the evening at the clearing on the stream.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

There will probably not be long, either stags or roebucks in the Islands. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

It is the birds in the trees, the insects in the grass, the roebucks and the stags in the coppices, and even the little fishes splashing the quiet water with their beating fins.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

The emperor lives thus till about Easter, hunting cranes, swans, hares, stags, roebucks, &c., and then returns to his capital, Cambaluc.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora

Attempts have been made to raise roebucks in Raasay, but without effect. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel