Fangs
[fæŋz]
Examples
- Sharp talons and cruel fangs had torn leg, arm, and breast literally to ribbons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then she was dragged toward those awful fangs which yawned at her throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She immediately fell into the slave-trader's fangs, and was doomed for the New Orleans market. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- How they looked beside the mighty lips and powerful fangs of his more fortunate brothers! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Instantly a score of cruel fangs and keen talons were sunk into my flesh; cold, sucking lips fastened themselves upon my arteries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then why should you shackle poor Gurth, uncle, for the fault of his dog Fangs? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Toller lets him loose every night, and God help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs upon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have one here without the fangs, and Teddy catches it every night to please the folk in the canteen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- With the exception of two yellow fangs she was entirely toothless. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Before him lay the deep waters of the little lake, behind him certain death; a cruel death beneath tearing claws and rending fangs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- To think of that beautiful creature torn and rended by the cruel fangs of the hideous white apes! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Every vine and bush seemed but the lurking-place of some huge and horrible beast waiting to bury gleaming fangs into her soft flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But his fangs never closed in that nut brown flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- An asp was smuggled to her past the Roman sentries, concealed in a basket of figs, and by its fangs she died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He caught Fangs strolling in the forest, and said he chased the deer contrary to his master's right, as warden of the walk. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The fangs contain their poison still, The wounded creature yet may kill, Beware! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This it was which saved him from death beneath the iron muscles and tearing fangs of Terkoz. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Leaping and clawing, they mowed down the warriors with their powerful paws, turning for an instant to rend their victims with frightful fangs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His back-drawn, snarling lips exposed his great fighting fangs, and his little, wicked, blood-shot eyes gleamed in horrid reflection of his madness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Her story was plain to him, plain and distinct as the remorse and horror that darted their fangs into him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Come down and feel the fangs of a greater! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Then hang up Fangs, said Cedric, turning hastily towards the swineherd, if the fault is his, and get thee another dog. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The first object they encountered was the dripping fangs of the hungry lioness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The lovers of the chase say that the hare feels more agony during the pursuit of the greyhounds, than when she is struggling in their fangs. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Their leaps and bounds increased, their bared fangs dripped saliva, and their lips and breasts were flecked with foam. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typed by Deirdre