Wolves
[wʊlvz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Wolf
(n.) pl. of Wolf.
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Examples
- Two of the corpses appeared to have been partially devoured as though by wolves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Right on behind, eight or ten of them, hot with brandy, swearing and foaming like so many wolves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There are no traces of lions or true tigers at that time in Europe, but there were bears, otters, wolves, and a wild boar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nor of wolves either, Anselmo said, picking up the other pack. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Many in the crowd were mere boys; cruel and thoughtless,--cruel because they were thoughtless; some were men, gaunt as wolves, and mad for prey. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The part of Ohio that I hailed from was not thickly settled, but wolves had been driven out long before I left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And who may they be, for you have neither bears nor wolves, I trow? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There were the hides of wolves I had shot. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Like two charging bulls they came together, and like two wolves sought each other's throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He is too like ourselves for us to make booty of him, since dogs should not worry dogs where wolves and foxes are to be found in abundance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When he did speak it was to ask: Grant, how many wolves do you think there are in that pack? Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No man can tell--there is no refuge on earth, it comes on us like a thousand packs of wolves--we must all fly--where shall you go? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- On the evening of the first day out from Goliad we heard the most unearthly howling of wolves, directly in our front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A dog to keep the wolves off me, Rebecca continued. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The children took the cows and goats out to graze, and brought them in at night before the wolves and bears came prowling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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