wolves

American  

[woolvz] / wʊlvz /

noun

1. the plural of wolf.

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wolves British  

/ wʊlvz /

noun

1. the plural of wolf

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Example Sentences

Islamic leaders have a pastoral responsibility to protect their adherents from corruption and radicalization, to keep the wolves from the flock.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mrs Justice Smyth said: "I accept they were not acting as lone wolves, although neither was charged with membership of an organisation."

From BBC

Maned wolves are South America's largest canids, a group of mammals which include dogs, foxes and jackals.

From BBC

Blame Jack London: Buck ran with the wolves, White Fang was only half dog, and both were romantic literary heroes—something less impressive if you happen to be a sheep rancher.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ditto for Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s encounter with wolves in the garden of his villa in Vermont, or Ruhollah Khomeini’s fatwa on Salman Rushdie.

From The Wall Street Journal