Furies
['fjuri:z]
Definition
(n. pl.) See Fury, 3.
(pl. ) of Fury
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Examples
- Hell and furies! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mrs. Sparsit asked in a light conversational manner, after mentally devoting the whelp to the Furies for being so uncommunicative. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The winged furies were now prowling gossips who dropped in on each other for tea. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Those Furies, the conventionalities, being thus appeased, he left her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Madame de Belladonna made him a scene about you and fired off in one of her furies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She was trembling with fear and anger--the rush of the furies' wings was in her ears. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Oh, Gerty, the furies . Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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