| 单词 | wolfish |
| 例句 | Cordelia’s father sits at the head of the table, with his craggy eyebrows, his wolfish look, and bends upon me the full force of his ponderous, ironic, terrifying charm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Marcus wore a wolfish smirk, which caused something savage to rumble in my chest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His dark eyes gleamed and there was an excited wolfish grin on his face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis leaned in close to the mike, smiling his wolfish smile. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I felt a grin capture my face, wolfish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He grins at me, wolfish and white against the silver of his mask, and I find myself smiling back before confusion floods me and I look away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was louder than the night before, and closer, a deep, wolfish howl. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He knows that wasn’t what I was asking; he gives me a wolfish smile. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When Ivan smiles and Ida sees that it “was different from the others — dangerous, bitter, almost wolfish,” Ms. Higgins writes, “Ida memorized it, cataloged it, filed it for later consideration.” Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z So they become celebrants of the Duchess's ill-fated marriage to Antonio, form "the wild consort of madmen" used to torment her and turn into white-aproned doctors pursuing her wolfish twin brother, Ferdinand. The Duchess of Malfi ? review 2010-10-20T20:31:00Z After last month's live chat with the excellent Sarah Waters, we're moving away from fiction set in the 1940s into something more wolfish. Live webchat: John Bradshaw 2011-08-03T14:06:09Z Her eyes are light blue, her hair the color of clover honey; her long face has a wolfish, assessing aspect, though she is quick to laugh. Lionel Shriver Imagines America’s Collapse 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It is easy to imagine Leonardo DiCaprio studying this wolfish watchfulness and taking detailed notes, particularly in the early scenes when Gittes is still relatively dapper. I’ve never seen … Chinatown 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z And when he later threatens the recalcitrant Goneril that her sister will "with her nails flay thy wolfish visage", he brandishes his own vulpine claw in her face. King Lear ? review 2011-03-11T00:02:03Z Their eyes turned canine, carnivore, the little dots of yellow in the iris with a wolfish gleam. I love my dog as much as my child 2012-11-10T17:00:00Z "I mean, I was punching people and everything," he recalls with a wolfish grin. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z Now, these same women look at him with “an almost wolfish” hunger. Books of The Times: In ‘Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.,’ Women Flummox a Writer 2013-08-04T17:47:50Z Strikingly, they are both dressed in scarlet military tunics, and a rasping wolfish pant keeps returning to the soundtrack; these two, you think, are lost, maybe hunted soldiers. Company Chameleon 2010-04-16T22:00:00Z He is an unmistakable presence as an actor, with that wide, wolfish face and that low, chocolatey rasp of a voice; but somehow, he has never been conventional leading-man material. Willem Dafoe: 'You do your best work when you're scared' 2012-07-04T17:36:06Z And sure enough, I looked him up and there he was in his 90s, still bemused, flashing that wolfish grin. There’s No Dave Chappelle or Hannah Gadsby Without Mort Sahl 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z And so McDonagh rolls into London fully flushed with success; a softly spoken man with watchful eyes and a wolfish smile. Three Billboards director Martin McDonagh: 'Little girls don’t have a Marlon Brando to emulate’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world ...” I read Ishmael’s words as he throws all prejudice aside to befriend the tattooed pagan Queequeg. A whale of a time: a Moby-Dick marathon in Massachusetts 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z With a wolfish grin, he adds: "Drinking too much … it's a funny thing for a Scotsman to worry about." Biffy Clyro interview: 'We care too much to be cool' 2013-01-26T22:00:01Z But there is something about Ms. Handler’s hard face; big, wolfish teeth; and lacerating voice that diminishes everyone else. The TV Watch: ?Are You There, Chelsea?? Enters Female Sitcom Fray 2012-01-10T21:08:56Z Yes, Mr. Schreiber has swagger, he has cunning, he has a smile that can turn wolfish when he wants it to. Liev Schreiber, the Reluctant Rake 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z At some point, amid all the wolfish smiles and bulging muscles, someone lobs an insult at Erik Prince, the founder of the private military firm Blackwater. ‘The Contractor’ Review: The Pine Identity 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z He makes a wolfish grin: “No, that is not a problem. The women like an enfant méchant. Also, I look like a warrior because I’m coming back.” American Apparel founder Dov Charney: ‘Sleeping with people you work with is unavoidable’ 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Sparring with Gig Young, who played a comically wolfish character, Mr. Jones had “the right blend of sturdiness and lightness,” New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman wrote. Dean Jones, boyish-looking leading man of Disney films, dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Will’s wolfish spectre is executed with practical effects, dripping with blood and matted fur. ‘Hypochondriac’ Review: A Mother of All Breakdowns 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Tall and handsome, with a wolfish air, Cassell switches between being charming and cold. 50 years of pickup artists: why is the toxic skill still so in demand? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Instead of twiggy 1960s doll-like languor, our models more often portray a kind of wolfish, predatory and materialistic vision, with $2,000 handbags and platform heels that make Chinese foot-binding look enlightened. Pop-up book club: The Feminine Mystique – day one 2013-02-20T19:05:08Z Central in every sense is Aleh Sidorchik's wolfish King, given to wandering around grandly with one fist in a glittering iron gauntlet, but who you suspect is running a petrol scam on the side. King Lear – review 2012-05-23T16:13:48Z But when Bobbie takes advantage of Jamie’s jitters to suggest that he marry her instead of Paul, she doesn’t seem needy or wolfish, as Bobby did when propositioning Amy; she seems foolish and disrespectful. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Exit Winfried, enter Toni, a lout with a wolfish leer, a fright wig and false teeth who claims to be a “consultant and coach” for the chief executive of Ines’s company. The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann’ Savors Her Moment at Cannes 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Trump’s leering hatred of women added a sinister weight to his wolfish grin, and to Kardashian’s uneasy mien and uncharacteristically high-necked, covered-up look. Kim Kardashian Meeting Donald Trump in the Oval Office Is a Nightmare We Can’t Wake Up From 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Stood up for a date, Christl lets herself be picked up by the wolfish Wolf, and agrees to meet him on Sunday to spend a day by the lake. DVD: Frolicking in Berlin and Outer Space 2011-07-09T04:03:03Z But he says virtually nothing about SAC Capital’s Steven A. Cohen, whose wolfish appetite for insider information Bharara’s office could never quite prove, and his words about Trump, the man who fired him, are few. Preet Bharara’s Lessons on Crime and Punishment 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z George's gracious smile became wolfish when he faced those who thought they could outwit him or dazzle him with jargon. George Stephenson obituary 2011-02-01T17:57:50Z In this light, Wikipedia might be seen as a sheep, caught in the jaws of a wolfish technology marketplace. Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Quite noticeably, all the women are exceptionally attractive, while three somewhat older men seem distinctly wolfish. Review | Let’s call April mystery book month. Here’s what I’d read. 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Super Bowl Week is famous for its insatiable appetites, unabashed gluttony and wolfish overconsumption. Who else was wrong thinking Rams signing Odell Beckham Jr. was a bad move? 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z I have yet to taste Dragash, which emanates from a mountainous region of Kosovo, but, if it proves to be anything but wolfish, I shall be disappointed. The Intoxicating History of Gin 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z "Those US imperialists and their wolfish ambitions," posted one user. China's latest weapon in the trade war: Karaoke 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z A border collie and a wolfish mutt wandered out of the garage and stood in the rain to greet the pickup. How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Weed 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Watford’s keeper showed wolfish persistence to produce a miraculous triple save in the 18th minute. Manchester City given late scare by Watford’s Abdoulaye Doucouré 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Even as he went through jails wearing Connie’s dark clothes, facial hair and a felon’s wolfish expression, the prisoners weren’t buying it. How 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson came to work with the ultra-indie directors of a heroin drama 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Amid all the disguises and pratfalls, the blustery monologues and wolfish grins, he invites Ines to shrug off her anxieties and join him in the wild, crazy, never-ending performance art known as life. Comedy and heartache make perfect bedfellows in the magnificent German comedy 'Toni Erdmann' 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I'm troubled by both the article and the comments of many women here, that not attracting wolfish male scrutiny is the equivalent of being unseen and unregarded. Longing for the Male Gaze 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Sheen asks me with his familiar wolfish grin. Charlie Sheen: ‘I’m out of things to prove. I just want my kids to be proud of me’ 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Sparring with Gig Young, who played a comically wolfish character, Jones had "the right blend of sturdiness and lightness," The New York Times wrote. Dean Jones, boyish star of 'Love Bug' and other Disney films, dies at age 84 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But her doubts melted, she says, when he promised to guard her daughter from the valley’s wolfish atmosphere. The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z You don’t need to be a clairvoyant to foresee the wolfish delight with which Russia, Turkey, Hungary and other authoritarian states will greet a repeal of the Human Rights Act. Tory wreckers out to destroy their own human rights 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito relationship showed us the reality that NFL teammates can lunge with wolfish fangs at any perceived weakness, and then call it banter. Michael Sam’s courageous decision to come out resonates from the NFL to Sochi 2014-02-10T18:40:56Z This hippy paradise is threatened by a wolfish rival, the Children of God, an authoritarian sect that ensnares wayward Jesus People. Religion News Service: 2013’s most interesting books on religion 2013-12-27T22:27:40Z The base is now a soccer field, where Afghan boys play a wolfish style of football. The Art of Moving Troops Out of Afghanistan in Just 22 Months 2013-03-08T20:05:23Z From one of them, a big wolfish dog ran out with a great display of barking and snarling. Alice Munro: “Amundsen.” 2012-08-20T04:00:00Z The wolfish glare came back fast to their eyes. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Pontiac had borne no part in the wolfish deeds of his followers. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z They did not see in his crafty quiet manners, the sheep's clothing that hid his wolfish nature; but they could feel his lack of sympathetic enthusiasm. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z At the same instant they caught sight of wolfish figures stealing along among the rocks and bushes at the base. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z With regard to the rabble of wolfish policemen, we shall, as soon as we succeed, hang up their heads as a warning to all. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The wolfish look which fear brings into some faces grew stronger in theirs. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The camp was full of lean, wolfish dogs, who, roused by the clamor of their owners, kept up a discordant baying as the strangers passed. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Slowly perishing of starvation, the wolfish dogs succeeded in breaking into the storehouse, and devoured everything within reach before they were discovered. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z All ghosts and goblins, forms and voices, vanished at once, for they heard the wolfish howl of the dreaded dogs. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z His ball brought down no game, but the report of the gun called out Barbe with the whole pack of wolfish dogs at his heels, in full pursuit of the flying, frightened deer. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z She raised her head and saw the wolfish faces below. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z They could see a dusky figure sprawled out where the animal had been crouching and glaring at them with his terrible wolfish eyes. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z In the brief intervals of the urgent hunt he came to Shung-hu's igloo to sleep, to eat their scant fare, and to feed his wolfish dogs, which were ever fighting with those of Shung-hu. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Opposite Count Leuchtenstein's lodgings they were quelling a riot at a bakehouse, and the wolfish cries and screams rang in my ears long after I had turned into the house. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z They laughed, voted him in their way a good fellow, and, in fine spirits, dashed away, shouting to their wolfish dogs. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z She was best, perhaps, because most womanly and least wolfish, in the scene of her confession. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z Love may be a divine essence, calm as God-ordered peace, when it flows from the legitimate heart—it may be—but my love was wolfish. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Romanism in America is throwing off its sheep's clothing, and revealing its wolfish nature. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z I looked at the green cloth and the yellow candles, and the wolfish faces about the cloth. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Even the wolfish Esquimo dogs were remembered in this general planning. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Recovering from this fever, a wolfish hunger was the first sign of convalescence, but to appease this he had neither food, nor money to buy it. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z They brought the newest prodigal food, and, while he devoured it, bolting it with wolfish hunger, he also picked up the loose ends of talk and began to understand the situation. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z That afternoon we landed at Assiut, which is headquarters for a most wolfish assortment of guides, street peddlers, and hold-up men who work in the bazaars. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z He devoured it with wolfish voracity, his entertainer watching him for a moment, then turning away in pained disgust. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z The dogs were rested, well fed, and full of wolfish energy. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z A warder's rough hand jerked his cry out of utterance, and he listened to her during her evidence, watching her with that wolfish air of his and with those jaws ceaselessly at work. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z His father had in his rough way been fond of him, and Newt in an equally wolfish fashion had reciprocated the feeling. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z They were fat and sleek, and comfortable-looking, too, and had entirely lost the gaunt, hungry, wolfish appearance they presented when Captain Cobb first sent them on board. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z After his first eager lick, the outraged canine had “sniffed contemptuously” at the pungent fumes of the iodine, and then backed out of the picture with a wolfish snarl on his lifted lip. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Henry Harper's breath was taken away by the sight of this wolfish looking lot. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Most wolfishly the wolfish eyes watched the judge while these words were spoken; quicker the working jaws moved, lower the poor form crouched as nearer the sentence came. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z That man had been very rough and wolfish in his championship—and that man had been a felon! The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Your face and hands are begrimed with powder, and there is a kind of wolfish look about you that is worth studying. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z At last we mustered about thirteen hundred strong, all mounted volunteers, and all determined to fight, judging from myself, for I felt wolfish all over. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z It had submitted to Alexander of Macedon as placidly as it suffered the wolfish Roman, who would pass, likewise. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Warders closed about him; but he was at his full height, arms and wolfish face directed at Lady Burdon. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z The mountaineer bent eagerly forward and clutched at the money with a wolfish haste of greed. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Before morning I hope to net the whole of this wolfish pack.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z So then in the same germ he poisoned her with the virus of hatred and the wolfish propensity of annihilation. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Shall it, in order to relieve the teeming lands of their unemployed, abide in the pit of wolfish competition and renounce the fair prospect of growth in suavity, comfort, and refinement? The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z "Well, is it good?" he remarked approvingly when the sturdy child had swallowed down every drop with wolfish rapidity. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z A wolfish light flashed into the wide, babyish blue eyes. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Soon the wolfish dogs ahead began to shout the chorus of their battle. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z But we were speaking a moment since of the albatross, which is a feathered cannibal, and shows some truly wolfish traits. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Lanterby showed the whites of his eyes and a set of broken teeth in a wolfish grin. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z "Thou fool, when I fling myself down yonder with thee, shall not we two be together to all eternity? will thou try to save thy wolfish life?" The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z "God reward ye," said she, grasping Cathleen's hand, convulsively, and retiring to a corner, she devoured the food with almost wolfish voracity. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z Camp technique and the advantages of a fire were not considered—the meat was swallowed raw, with wolfish haste, and no cut of carefully roasted bullock ever tasted better. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The suggestion had apparently revolted Maxwell also; he stared at the speaker with unconcealed loathing, while the latter opened his lips for a moment in a wolfish snarl as he glanced sideways at Dane. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Aye, you may glare at me with your wolfish eyes--they cannot pierce my mailed breast. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z They who abandon it in the face of wolfish attack need expect no approval from the Son of David. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z The sight and the smell made him wolfish. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z I had gone through the same ordeal in Copenhagen, and I knew that American interviewers are famed for their wolfish propensities. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The old moss-trooper had looked much the same—lean and dour and grim; and the observer could recognize the same baleful light in his wolfish eyes. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Two wolfish curs growled at the passers by, while their master uttered a sulky “salaam.” The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z With bodies bent forward, and a wolfish, bloodthirsty grin, the warriors stood scanning the expression of the impassive countenances before them, eagerly awaiting the word, which they doubted not would be given. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z When Repa came home, either drunk or sober, he did not speak a word to his wife, but sat on the box and looked at the ground with a wolfish face. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z "Ay, marry have I," replied the dwarf, with a wild grin, and displaying a wolfish set of teeth. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z "Without me!" groaned Thoms, with a wild flash of the wolfish eyes. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The hunter himself did not say much—he was never a great talker; but he looked moody and wolfish, as was his way when crossed. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z They may say that Jasper’s courtship of Rosa is melodramatic and wolfish. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z He opened his mouth and made a wolfish snap at the hand that had sought to blind him. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z As soon as their jaws began to move a little more slowly, and their wolfish hunger was somewhat appeased, they began to talk. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The voice was that of a wolfish false friar who, seeing her pass quickly near by, broke off in threat, solicitation and appeal for sous, to intercept her. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z At the sight of MacGregor’s decrepitude, as, stiff and tottering, he made his way to his meal, Joey and Tammy strove vainly to conceal the wolfish grins that appeared on their ugly faces. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z The motive was his fierce and wolfish passion for Rosa. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z And three bony, starved dogs with ravenous, wolfish eyes that gleamed in the moonlight, wore licking at a pool of blood in the road. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Imagine, then, her wolfish joy when his son commits his fortunes into her keeping. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z Any one who had seen the wolfish glare of his eyes on the bridge would have been surprised at the human emotion he now betrayed. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z It has oblique eyes, an elongated muzzle, and a bushy tail, which give it a wolfish appearance. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The moments passed rapidly; moments of delight which rarely fall to the lot of the wolfish trail dog. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Each time he won a considerable sum, and each time six pair of wolfish eyes detested his good fortune. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Yet their very existence depends on their canine associates, who are of a stout, almost wolfish breed, inured to hunger and hardships, and excellent for sledge work. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Upon arriving at my homestead I ate a very hearty dinner; for I was hungry and had a wolfish appetite; after which I immediately went into the arms of Morpheus. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z With a wolfish cry of mingled fear and rage, he dropped the candle and sprang on to him. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z His hair stood out wildly from under the leather band, and his eyes glowed with a wolfish fierceness. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The pleading tenderness of her eyes was answered by the wolfish gleam of a gaze that arrested her steps. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z They are disciplined only when at work, and are then so surprisingly obedient, tractable, and industrious as to plainly show that though their nature is savage and wolfish, they could be reclaimed by domestication. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z The wolf was walking through the forest on his own wolfish business. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z The slashing wolfish snap of the husky was new to me. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Nevertheless, coming still more nigh, long and frequent rents among the mass of leaves revealed horrible glimpses of dark-dripping rocks, and mysterious mouths of wolfish caves. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z All nature had put on a wizened, wolfish, wintry appearance. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z To-day their females, if tied and left in the forest, will often attest companionship with its denizens by bringing forth litters of wolfish progeny. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z The thought recurred to me so often, why is it men are so cruel to each other—wolfish in nature, seeking to destroy their own kind? Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The rigors of the North breed a wolfish hunger. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z I found my own hunger growing wolfish toward dawn, and when I came to the highway I looked about for an inn. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z "Though the wolf may lose his teeth he does not lose his inclinations"—he is at heart as wolfish as ever. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources For a number of men came to him—wolfish from their manners I should call them—as I conjecture hired to do against the holy Pope things which should not be mentioned to Christians. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Then, wild of eye and wolfish of aspect, he turned once more towards the sheds to seek for food. A Double Knot Also, there are dogs, scores of them—a wolfish breed—and they are seldom silent. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise "You shall release me at once," hissed the duke through his wolfish teeth, "or it will be the worse for you." A Poached Peerage As his brain grew more and more active he smiled broadly, showing his wolfish teeth, and threw himself from his bed. The Man from Jericho There was no sound; but greedy, wolfish eyes gleamed in the starlight. Into the Primitive He was a lean, starving, wolfish, mangy cur, with reddish glaring eyes, always on the watch for kicks and blows. A Double Knot All else will follow as a matter of course; at least I already feel a truly wolfish appetite. The Children of the World There were wan, dull eyes, wolfish eyes, and eyes eloquent with mute appeals for kindness. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Again he smiled his wolfish smile, and gazed on her in a sinister way. The Man from Jericho A policeman's step sounded on the pavement outside, and as he heard it he looked up, and his thin lips drew back, showing the wolfish teeth behind. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance Only a lame lad, furtively plundering, had leaped backward upon his crutch with a swift drawing of his knife and a wolfish gleam of teeth. The Firebrand Her characteristic sagacity had been completely baffled by the superior wolfish cunning of her ensnarer. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency It must needs befall That I, less doughty and oppressed with age, Shall fall a victim to his wolfish rage. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes They owned many minute ponies, and their camps abounded in dogs of wolfish breed which they handled not at all, for they were, as of old, merely the camp-guard. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop These dogs are an inferior-looking brute and from imagination appear a little wolfish. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 The streets were dreadfully dirty and overflowing with thin, brown children rolling in the sand and playing with wolfish, half-fed dogs. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series The fault is neither mine nor that of the Japanese: it is the fault of my ancestors, the ferocious, wolfish hereditary instincts and tendencies of boreal mankind. Lafcadio Hearn Vile as he was, and deadly as was the snare he contemplated drawing about me, I could not see that wolfish look of hunger, and not offer him something to ease it. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life "That title is rather strong," said he, casting his wolfish eyes distrustfully in the direction of the Italian. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Great greyish-white wolfish looking dogs, wearing formidable collars of sharpened spikes go with the shepherds during the day and watch the flocks during the night. Practical Angora Goat Raising It began to appeal to their wolfish sense of comedy. Asteroid of Fear He ended with a defiant grin, that showed a row of strong white wolfish teeth. The Intriguers With a kind of wild, wolfish relish, he pondered over the details of his plan. The Auto Boys' Mystery The Thracian's teeth bared in a wolfish grin. Triplanetary His beard had grown in these last days, and his face was still scarred by Thord's blows and made wolfish with pain and fever. Black Amazon of Mars I smiled, and he responded with a wolfish twist of his mouth. The Diary of Philip Westerly Three gigantic, wolfish huskies met them at the gate with wild yelps and the mad swishing of tails. The Whelps of the Wolf Again the wolfish grin showed on his face but under the grin, the words were harsh with meaning. Sinister Paradise Yet when the morning came the old wolfish instinct was back in his heart. The Trail of the Sandhill Stag Slightly to one side, the sleek line of a British cruiser was visible, and beyond it a trio of lean, wolfish destroyers. The Caves of Fear Against these wolfish foes the cat had one sure refuge always—a tree. The Story of the Trapper Thus I risked life and liberty, for your wolfish people are certainly wild beasts and murderers. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Her thin shrivelled features, relieved against her black hood, were positively wolfish from starvation. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 But such as they were, the old wolf loved her ugly babies with all her wolfish heart. Dusty Star His nostrils dilated, also, giving his face a passing wolfish hint. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Half a mile down this openway, off the homeward route of his traps, a wolfish figure looms black against the snow—and stands! The Story of the Trapper Nor did she understand when the she went away for a time and came back with a supply of worms and grubs—which nauseous supply vanished with great speed under the wolfish appetite of Apeman. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 He was small, wiry, black-haired, black-eyed, black-mustached, with an olive complexion and even, pleasing, albeit at times wolfish, white teeth which indicated a disposition as avid and hungry as a disposition well might be. The "Genius" As for Kiopo himself, he was utterly at a loss how to express his wild delight; but though he gave vent to it in strange wolfish ways, Dusty Star understood. Dusty Star Old women, half naked, were cowering down upon the ground, and in the midst of them lay the corpse of a man, which they were tearing at with wolfish appetite. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II For hours he has been boxing up his wolfish ferocity, and now he gives vent by scratching with a zeal that would burrow to the middle of earth. The Story of the Trapper He is armed, as Davia had said, this strange horrific figure, and at intervals his head is thrown back to give tongue to his wolfish cry. In the Brooding Wild It was all eyes—wolfish and mocking—and the rugose insect-like head dissolved at the top to a thin stream of mist which curled putridly about and finally vanished up the chimney. The Shunned House The only remedies possible were three: rest, Nature, and his own wolfish tongue. Dusty Star These two, at a brief intimation from Levasseur, went down stairs; and then the fierce exultation of the two escaped convicts—of Levasseur especially—broke forth with wolfish rage and ferocity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Perk seemed to be hanging on with the tenacity of a bulldog, for not another peep did the wolfish man, whose throat he squeezed, give vent to as the slam-bang fight continued. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes And, as if in answer, came a chorus from wolfish throats. In the Brooding Wild The milk of this wolf makes the child it nourishes wolfish. Cudjo's Cave It was not long before he was able to gratify this wolfish taste, and in the confusion which followed the assault upon the Ohinemutu pa the missionary premises were looted. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Scully gently deprecated the plan at first, but the Swede turned a wolfish glare upon him. The Monster and Other Stories We all have heard of Eormanric Of the wolfish heart: a wide realm he had Of the Gothic kingdom. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose The woodland chorus takes it up in its own wolfish tongue, and it plunges forth again, magnified by the din of a thousand echoes. In the Brooding Wild His eyes and ears needs must be alert; no sharper woodsmen ever lived, than the keen wolfish Iroquois. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women In the darkness of the third night out they crossed the river themselves, and side-stepping the village and its wolfish dogs struck south once more. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters Rushing in the direction of the sound, the men returned, accompanying a bedraggled old man with a gray beard, after whom limped a train of spiritless, wolfish dogs attached to a battered sledge. The Wilderness Trail His teeth were showing in his wolfish grin. Thin Edge The wolfish legions hovered at the edge of the woods and snuffed hungrily at the air. In the Brooding Wild Hard work, and even disappointment and loss, are doubtless rich in educational and disciplinary values; but not that wolfish, soul-crushing fight for insufficient food, not mere poverty. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Driscoll noticed an expectant and wolfish look in his colonel’s eyes. The Missourian If a man feeds on bread and butter, soup and porridge, his appetite grows wolfish after dainties. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) I was soaking wet—hungry and wolfish enough. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The ferocity in his face was wolfish, and not good to look upon. In the Brooding Wild Jake had a sort of wolfish cunning in tracing people he wanted to meet. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The wolfish light in the sunken eyes quickened to a flash. The Missourian Not being very far removed from a wolfish ancestry he was necessarily suspicious, intolerant at first of strangers and prepared to use his clean and cutting fangs at the shortest notice. The Peace of Roaring River Their eyes lifted from Francisco to the Americans, and in them shone a wolfish gleam. The Pathless Trail At intervals wolfish throats were opened and the dismal forest cries echoed and re�choed in the hollow shadows. In the Brooding Wild One hundred and fifty years of outlawry had made the Frochard clan a wolfish breed; battening on crime, thievery and beggary. Orphans of the Storm Look at––” Mr. Boone was fast getting vitriolic, in heavy editorial fashion, when a famished face, a wolfish face, appeared between the flaps of the tent. The Missourian Sometimes they walked, with tongues hanging out, while again they trotted easily, or, down the hills, galloped with the long easy lope of their wolfish ancestors. The Peace of Roaring River So the man sent on beforehand had pitched a tent on the grass, which we went into like Indians just returned from a hunting-party—dusty, thirsty, and sort of wolfish for something to eat. Phemie Frost's Experiences The scent of blood had greater attraction for their wolfish senses than the smell of cooking food. In the Brooding Wild Northwick ate with wolfish greed, and as the victuals refreshed and fortified him, he came out with his story, slowly, bit by bit. The Quality of Mercy When the odour of the cooking flesh filled the cabin, both the man and the Cat looked wolfish. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Maigan is the name of the wolf, in some of the Indian dialects, and Hugo’s friend seemed but little removed from a wolfish ancestry. The Peace of Roaring River Out in the chamber the pirates had hurled aside the slaves, and, flinging open the chests, were glaring with wolfish eyes and dripping jaws at the bewildering mass of treasure revealed. The Pirate Woman I wish he’d stop that confounded, wolfish grin of his, it makes me feel uncomfortable, he looks as if he knew he had his prey just dead easy, and his chops were watering in anticipation. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West And all around crowded the wretched mujiks, peering at her through shaggy hair, out of little wolfish eyes. The Crimson Tide A Novel The bristling mane, so thick and wolfish, fairly quivered in its rigidity. The Hound From The North The uninitiated could never have believed all those sounds came from one wolfish throat; it seemed that it must be that the entire pack, or at least half a dozen animals, raised that woeful lamentation. A Mountain Boyhood In an instant he was involved in a confusion of man and dog, the body of the wolfish collie impeding his feet as he fought. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek His thin lips spread from ear to ear in a wolfish grin. The End of Time It was impossible to excuse himself in the presence of those wolfish beasts, who had been witnesses to all the degradation of mind and body which had overtaken him in that terrible escape. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The moments slipped away and the dog snuffed inquiringly at the various curious objects its wolfish eyes beheld. The Hound From The North As the answer was fired point-blank at him, Mr. Dennis Farraday seemed to see a fire of psychic hunger blaze as high as that of wolfish, physical agony in the girl's eyes. Blue-grass and Broadway His tail was big like that of a tuna, and his head sharper, more wolfish than a barracuda. Tales of Fishes He loomed before her as a wolfish brute, seeking his comfort at this last cost of her pride. . . . The Innocent Adventuress Yes; that was the same face, the same pent-house of ragged eyebrow over the cold and snaky eye beneath, the same wolfish mouth and permanent hungry smile. The First Violin A Novel It was a huge specimen of the husky breed, exceptionally powerful and wolfish in its appearance. The Hound From The North There must be no chance for tell-tale blood to stain his clothes, when his fierce talons and wolfish teeth tore and rended at human flesh. G-r-r-r...! He crouched, quivering, his wolfish eyes fixed upon the boy’s blazing blue ones. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys The yelping and snarling of dogs floated into the place 299 and she could see their wolfish figures between the legs of men and horses. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Here is Luther surrounded by scowling soldiers and hungry, wolfish priests, looking upward and then flinging out his challenge, "I cannot and I will not recant, God help me." A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character It was an ominous sound, with something of wolfish ferocity in it. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Around her squatted a circle of gaunt, wolfish creatures which seemed ready to devour her and her fish alike. Young Alaskans in the Far North "I am much obliged to you, not that one; for this pool of water in particular has something very sinister about it; the spot feels raw, and has an unpleasant wolfish air." Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Doubtless the fraudulent or utterly reckless debtor is, in the eye of reason, the first "wolfish" assailant of his brother. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 His face was twisted into a wolfish grin and in his right hand he held a heat gun. Empire Again the Indian gave the cry, wild and wolfish, as only a barbarian, half-beast by virtue of his own nature, could have uttered it. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Wheeler's men was just as hard and wolfish as de Yankees. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 They are a fine robust breed, like small mastiffs with pointed wolfish ears. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Yelping with joy he brings his wolfish pack About my legs, as, dripping from the sea, I pick my way thro' shingle and wet wrack Beleaguered by this bandit company. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 The financier thrust his face close to the wolfish scowl. Empire "In plant-lore 'lupine' means wolfish, and is suggestive of the Evil One." Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning This, however, must be admitted, that lambs when so treated acquire a courage which tends to enable them to hold their own, even amidst wolfish dangers. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite The sudden, wolfish gleam in his eyes had told her that he meant what he said. Brand Blotters He fastened on it with wolfish eagerness and the next instant had disappeared, leaving me to find La Boule d'Or as best I could. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France His gray eyes bored into the wolfish face. Empire She opened her lips to answer, but there was something in his face—something at once so cruel and deadly and wolfish—that made the words die on her lips. Crooked Trails and Straight His comrades murmured assent, and certainly they all, including the Frenchmen, looked wolfish enough. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns Dogged and wolfish as he was, the man knew his master, and was cowed. Brand Blotters Yes! it was undoubtedly a wolf; and yet there was an intonation in that yelping not altogether wolfish—something Mr. Anderson had never heard before, and which he was consequently at a loss to define. Werwolves The scientist glared at the wolfish face and without speaking, walked to the desk and sat down. Empire Houck stood over the prostrate man, the smoking revolver in his hand, on his lips a cruel twist and in his throat a wolfish snarl. The Fighting Edge So much of him is merely animal, foxy, wolfish, and this sharpened intellect only a faculty, an instinct, a preternatural organ pushed out to gain subsistence with. Humanity in the City A light heart increases the appetite, boys, but sometimes I've felt wolfish when my heart was heavy. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia She recalled the wolfish gleam that flashed into Bethune's eyes, and the malicious hatred expressed in his insinuations and accusations against these men. The Gold Girl Then he closed his eyes all but a tiny corner of the right one and lay so still that even a wolf, with all his wolfish knowledge and caution, might think him asleep. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" A wolfish gleam came into the dog's eyes. Frank of Freedom Hill Gibson rose from the ruin on the table and came bleeding to the window, his grin a rictus of wrath, his green teeth wolfish with anger. The House with the Green Shutters There is nothing more remarkable in this drama of theft and hunger than the perfect understanding which unites the criminal lamb and the wolfish upholder of the law. American Sketches 1908 While some of the soldiery tore with wolfish fury at its gold, others fired its gates, and soon the Holy of Holies itself was in a blaze, and the whole Temple wrapped in devouring flames. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The old wolf, the leader, who stood high in the wolf tribe, who had won his position by genuine wolfish wisdom and prowess, could not tell whether this specimen of man was alive or dead. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" He had pluck of the wolfish sort, and could fight desperately if cornered; but he shunned the open unless hard pressed, and preferred snapping at an opponent's heels to flying in his face. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea If it means “wolfish,” what is the sense? Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher A wolfish growl and two of the Tatars swung over, started down to the Red. The Defiant Agents His beautiful teeth grew longer and longer, and projected from his mouth, giving him a savage and wolfish appearance, quite at variance with his real disposition. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Just then the man turned round; his eye lighted with a hungry, almost wolfish, glance on the sweet white bread and firm yellow cheese. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) I sprang to the saddle, raised my rifle and shook it, A shrill, wolfish yelling burst from the Rangers. The Reckoning We had now reached the middle of the village; the lean, wolfish dogs were yelling on all sides, and the people began to bestir themselves. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland As they sat there, with the coals winking red eyes at them, Gunnar told his tale between wolfish bites. Hunters Out of Space Far above the forest it swelled, a terrible wolfish cry, fiercest of all on its dying note. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand This little knot seemed fierce for action, fiery and panting with that wolfish thirst, to quench which blood must flow. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 In any event, there are more dogs that revert to the wild bunch from these wolfish types than from all other kinds combined. The Yellow Horde We weren't used to be confined in a place, and it made us right-down wolfish. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 The dogs were fine-looking, wolfish animals, and either white or tan colour. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Does the fact that Crockett felt wolfish all over show that he was determined to fight, or that he had real grit? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The troop was now close upon them; Rita could see the fierce faces, and the gleam of their wolfish teeth. Rita He felt the reassertion of wolfish caution within him, driving out the coyote desire to outwit man. The Yellow Horde In the light of candles that shone through windows the faces lifted toward the tavern were drawn and wolfish. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate "You're not going to get a complete inspection, Buster," he said with a wolfish grin. By Proxy All mounted volunteers and all determined to fight, judging from myself, for I felt wolfish all over. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide They were as smoldering and wolfish as ever. The Snowshoe Trail He used every wolfish inducement to lure her away from the vicinity of the twinkling lights that marked the abode of man. The Yellow Horde At last we mustered about thirteen hundred strong; all mounted volunteers and all determined to fight, judging from myself, for I felt wolfish all over. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 The half-breed obeyed, but for an instant Finnegan hesitated, glaring at his captors with wolfish eyes. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Is felt wolfish all over a fine phrase? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The wolfish character of his eyes was for the moment all the more pronounced. The Snowshoe Trail “I cannot say that I have a wolfish appetite this morning,” replied Emma, laughing; “but Alfred will eat for me and himself too.” The Settlers in Canada There was a wolfish grin on his face. Despoilers of the Golden Empire Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish, but prostrate, too, in their humility. A Christmas Carol At other times I caught now one, and now another, gazing upon me, and with a wild wolfish look, that rendered me, though I could not tell why, singularly uneasy. Ran Away to Sea These wolfish allies, elated by their conquest, their plunder and their captives, now demanded to be led along the valley five miles to the next station, called Martin's Fort. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky In direct antithesis to this wolfish feeding were the manners of Oliver Laurence. Men of Affairs He had now somewhat abated his wolfish desire for vengeance, and asked many questions about the condition of the South, temper of the people, etc. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War I shall never forget my wolfish sensations as we flung down our swags at Stopforth and Bowman's eating-house and called for breakfast. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer During the latter meal Aileen observed the native policeman regarding her food with such eager wolfish eyes that under an impulse of uncontrollable feeling she held out her can of water to him. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters I shall never forget the horrible expression of mad, wolfish craving that leapt into the unfortunate creature’s bloodshot eyes as I approached and bent over him. The Castaways The wolfish grin took over Stetson’s big features. Missing Link The Administration at Washington had to deal with a people blind with rage, an ignorant and meddlesome Congress, and a wolfish horde of place-hunters. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War The lips were negro-like, thick, and purplish, and behind them appeared a double row of large wolfish teeth. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico At such times there was a greedy, wolfish expression in his glittering eyes, and his hands worked nervously. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Even in time of truce, a white man entering an Indian camp can scarcely be protected from the wolfish pack. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse He can see their wolfish eyes, the white serrature of their teeth, the red panting tongues; can feel their fetid breath blown against his brow. The Death Shot A Story Retold It must be confessed, however, that the sheep's clothing never seemed to fit him well; the wolfish foot or the bloodthirsty jaws had an irresistible propensity to show themselves. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Disgust, wetting, gin and detention had made me feel wolfish; but I wanted none of that breakfast. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death "I can not say that I have a wolfish appetite this morning," replied Emma, laughing; "but Alfred will eat for me and himself too." The Settlers in Canada He had never before known a tree to give forth such a delightful aroma and he thrilled in every wolfish fiber as it tickled his nostrils. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War Few loved him, for he was never cheery nor very friendly, and ever seemed to sneer with his thin lips and his cold wolfish eyes. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls As a contrast to our dogs, wolves have never been known to kill a man in Labrador, so it would be more correct to speak of a doggish wolf than a wolfish dog. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell It was a prolonged wolfish howl which Dimples had been known to offer to teach elderly ladies in hotel corridors. Danger! and Other Stories The corner of Slade's coarse lip drew up in a wolfish snarl. Bloom of Cactus The air was full of flying wolfish forms, going up or coming down. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War He was a short, stocky fellow, with a tangled head of hair and wolfish eyes which betrayed the Comanche blood that flowed in his veins from his mother's side. For the Liberty of Texas But for short, sharp dashes of twenty to thirty miles the lighter built and more vivacious Straits dog is the speedier and certainly the less wolfish. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Vengeance was his at last, and he licked his lips in wolfish anticipation of the wrecking of that vengeance. Prairie Flowers It will be very interesting——” his eyes gleamed; there was a rather wolfish light in them. Good Old Anna If we are selfish, self-willed, proud, lovers of our own selves, our religion is but the sheep's clothing covering the wolfish heart, or the white paint hiding the corruption of the sepulchre. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles Crouched near him were several wolfish dogs similar to the one that guarded the goats. The Scarlet Plague Strange horrors tortured my soul, and it groaned and groaned, gaoled in that wolfish body. Second Book of Tales "From where?" asked Agatha, puzzled by the provincialism, and attracted at once by the man's intelligent face, and by a keen, misery-stricken, hungry look, which she had truly called "wolfish." Agatha's Husband A Novel “No matter; eat and be thankful,” said Dominick curtly, for he was himself eating with wolfish haste by that time. The Island Queen Had his visage been at all wolfish in character, his aspect would have been terrible. The Dog Crusoe and his Master They passed without taking notice of him—as ugly and wolfish a pack as one could wish to see—led by a big fellow like a ragged disreputable collie. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan The four wolfish dogs were so startled by the whirr, that their spirits were roused to the mischievous point. The Big Otter His eyes, too, had come a considerable way out of the caves into which they had retreated, and the wolfish glare in the presence of food was exchanged for a look of calm serenity. The Young Trawler He turned his head away from the sleeping girl, and a wolfish glare seemed to shoot from his eyes as they rested on something which lay in the stern of the boat. The Island Queen It was simple wolfish howling increased in fervour to an electric yell, with slight barks running continuously through it like an obbligato accompaniment. The Dog Crusoe and his Master But the odour that ascended from that hole was too much for the powers of wolfish nature to resist. Ungava The wolfish dogs took a lively interest in these proceedings, but lent no assistance beyond wagging their tails, either in approval or in anticipation of breakfast. The Big Otter As the sun began to decline towards the east he gave up in despair, and, with weary limbs and something like wolfish hunger, returned towards the rendezvous. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America His bones will bleach in the wilderness, and the spirit-hunter and his wolfish daughter are avenged.” The Phantom Ship He sat by to see that their companions did not rob them, which, from the wolfish glances they cast at the food, they seemed much inclined to do. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow I even glanced at my poor horse with wolfish eyes. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory The next night I was awoke soon after dark by the wolfish chorus; it was much nearer than before. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins When I got to this here country I hadn't nary a red, I had such wolfish feelings I wished myself most dead. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads We hung up in the trees our sleds and harness beyond the reach of the wolfish curs, which in large numbers prowled around. By Canoe and Dog-Train It may be imagined, therefore, with what wolfish eyes I watched the boys consuming the piles of bread-and-butter which the old woman distributed, after serving out the allotted allowance of tea in each pupil’s mug! On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story Alick again began to turn, I thought, wolfish eyes at Bouncer. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory We are like Red Riding-Hood when she drew back the bed-curtains and saw the wolfish countenance.—'What is your great mouth made for, grandmother?'—'To eat you with, my dear.' By the Christmas Fire Eating his breakfast in his usual wolfish fashion, he went out into the hot sun with his team and riding-plough, not a little disturbed by this new phase of his wife's "cantankerousness." Other Main-Travelled Roads If, while the people looked fairly well, the dogs were thin and wolfish, we knew they had fared but moderately. By Canoe and Dog-Train Eating his breakfast in his usual wolfish fashion, he went out into the hot sun with his team and riding-plow, not a little disturbed by this new phase of his wife's "cantankerousness." Prairie Folks Will wolfish Hates forego their evil work, Nor Envy's vultures in the branches perk, Nor Slander's snakes within the verdure lurk? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Before the terror of fire had dwindled, gaunt hunger thrust its wolfish head on the scene. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado As a matter of fact this original wolfish attitude of nations is already obsolete, if it ever existed. The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade In order to save something, I gave to their wolfish dogs all the fish I had, which was sufficient for my eight for several days. By Canoe and Dog-Train Where they lay, I could tell very well; for hawks wheeled with harsh cries overhead and there was a vague movement of wolfish shapes along the ground. Lords of the North They are the scavengers of the town and hunt in packs through the streets, their wolfish yelling being a little disconcerting to a stranger. Ranching, Sport and Travel Grandpapa mimicked the wolfish voices and looks so effectively that Jenny was rather alarmed. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories Even then there was a little knot of hangers-on watching with wolfish curiosity every comer. Marion's Faith. The ocean wind tore at the windows with wolfish claws, savage to enter. Wayside Courtships Wade laid on them with the butt of his musket; while Kit, with his bayonet, gave several of the gaunt, wolfish curs thrusts which speedily changed their growls to yelps of agony. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Paullus had been frowning grimly, but now he turned to Marcus Decius and showed his wolfish teeth in his old-time smile. The Lion's Brood Thou didst not; but from out thy wolfish eye, So changed from what I knew it, there glares forth The gladiator. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Sobrenski's hair and small peaked beard were of a curiously unpleasant colour, and his thin lips, pointed teeth and long sloping jaw gave him a wolfish appearance. The Hippodrome His nostrils twitched and his lip lifted in his wolfish smile. Where the Sun Swings North The dogs, too, fifty or sixty at least calculation,—great, gaunt, wolfish, yellow curs,—looked almost as dangerous as their masters. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Eating his breakfast in his usual wolfish fashion, he went out into the hot sun with his team and ridding plow, not a little disturbed229 by this new phase of his wife’s “cantankerousness.” The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Sometimes she would open the door, and from out the dark would arise the sound of wolfish quarrels over the feast, disembodied snappings and snarlings. North of Fifty-Three We must develop in ourselves a moral tidiness, and an aversion to all the manifestations of the brute principle in man, such as the wolfish, degrading hatred for people of other races. The Shield The White Chief turned, smiling, and the light in his pale, narrow eyes matched the wolfish gleam of his sharp teeth. Where the Sun Swings North Cut off, out-numbered, ten to one, By wolfish German pack Our men like heroes fought and won, They kept the Teutons back. War Rhymes by Wayfarer The duke wrote the nomination, put it in an envelope, addressed it to the secretary of the Bellingham Home, licked the flap of the envelope with wolfish ferocity, and banged it fast. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Curious as he was to see it, he yet dreaded to look upon its wolfish features. Under the Great Bear All the dogs in the district recognised that I was a stranger, and yelped consumedly, like the wolfish mongrels that they are. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma In this wolfish stage of human development, altruism is almost unknown, except as an eccentricity. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 "Where is this place?" he asked, a wolfish gleam in his eyes, and his lips curved to a smile that revealed, under the black, curled moustache, the white gleam of sharp-pointed teeth. Tales of Destiny He made no answer beyond the silent one of a slight lifting of his lip, like a soundless wolfish snarl. Wolf Breed At the same time, the sounds issuing from its throat seemed a combination of incoherent human cries and wolfish howlings. Under the Great Bear Her full cheek, with its emphatic curve, was almost gaunt in the moment when she fixed her eyes on the wolfish face of that tousle-headed giant who encircled her. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Unnumbered centuries of tribal and international war have developed to high perfection the wolfish and tigerish instincts of humanity. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Mr. Liddell had fallen into a doze from exhaustion, and looked quite wolfish when, rousing up, his eyes fell upon the sorely needed food. A Crooked Path A Novel The wolfish fear that children feel Is snuffing at my heel. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen Once, I mind, the dark seemed alive with wolfish shades, sniffing, prowling, circling, creeping nearer like that monster wolf of fable set on by the powers of evil to hunt Man to his doom. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Gaunt figures with pinched faces and staring wolfish eyes slunk about the camp ready to seize anything in the form of food. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben What folly it all was—that far off clamor of greed in the Outer World, that wolfish war of self-interest down in the Valley, that clack of the wordsters darkening wisdom without knowledge! The Freebooters of the Wilderness The fire died out upon the hearth stone, and want, with gaunt, wolfish face, met them wherever they turned. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland He takes a perfectly normal, and even slightly wolfish, interest in the female of his species. Murder in the Gunroom I found his wolfish eyes still regarding me, and for a minute or two we studied each other in silence. Dead Man's Rock I walked about with a wolfish startled glance, scanning the ground eagerly, as if expecting Mother Earth to relieve me of my torment. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Of that functionary his wolfish instinct craved the flesh, bones, and blood. The House by the Church-Yard To his wolfish soul, trembling in a body that had been condemned, beaten, clubbed almost to the door of death, that hurt caused by David's fingers was a caress. The Courage of Marge O'Doone That passion of her girlhood seemed to her like an anæmic shadow of the wolfish truth that was alive in her now. Bella Donna A Novel At her right sat a grey-headed man with worn face and wolfish eyes, who might have been expected to take this as a hint to make way. Dead Man's Rock My eyes glittered with a wolfish greed, but I restrained myself. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben But somehow the night-breeze through the aperture made a wolfish howling and sobbing, that sounded faint and far away, and had a hateful character of mingled despair and banter in it. The House by the Church-Yard Over him he heard a sudden roar, the rush of a great body—and with that thunder of Tara's rage and vengeance there mingled a hideous, wolfish snarl from Baree. The Courage of Marge O'Doone The skipper held the lantern to his captive's face and regarded him with wolfish, sneering attention. The Harbor Master The evil smile flickered for a moment, baring the white teeth and lighting the depths of those wolfish eyes; then, with a fiendish laugh, vanished in the darkness. Dead Man's Rock He made no reply, but turned such a wolfish look upon me that I hastily told him to dive into my cell—No. 11. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Ye lords of Christendom! eternal shame For ever will pursue each royal name, And tell your wolfish rage for kindred blood, While Paynim hounds profane the seat of God! The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch And here stand between two and three hundred men, pinched, feeble, and yet wolfish, gulping down hot soup and bread, looking something like a herd of ragged prisoners pent in between the high walls. None Other Gods A little past noon each day the sun covered a crack between two boards on the summer-house floor, and up through that aperture, for three days, had come a leggy, racy-looking, wolfish black spider. The Way of the Wild I was so frightened by her eyes, full of wolfish hunger, that I could only say "Good God!" having never seen the like before. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor It is abbreviated by simply lowering the hand to the usual height of the wolfish aboriginal breed, and suggests the animal par excellence domesticated by the Indians and made a companion. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 He showed his teeth in a wolfish and contemptuous smile. The Black Pearl The faces of the men to whom these cracked and hoarsened voices belonged had become bestial and wolfish. Destiny Through a half open door on the lower story he caught a glimpse of a haggard face lighted up by wolfish eyes, and heard a savage, growling voice. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' From the face of Meldrum the grin was snuffed out by a swift surge of wolfish anger. The Sheriff's Son There was a glare in his eyes which was almost wolfish. The Survivor We had rolled over a wolfish dog searching for dead bodies. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation It was found at length by the yellow-haired housekeeper, who returned it with her most wolfish grin. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life I know it made me more wolfish than ever I thought it possible to feel, for I am a good-natured man in the main. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' And there were the Eskimos and their great wolfish dogs, and their primitive manner of living and dressing. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell I rose, and I think that the hate in my face must have been wolfish, for the man drew back. Montlivet In astonishment and pity we watched them at their wolfish meal. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century Her face was hard and when she smiled her mouth, assumed a wolfish expression. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life He looked quite wolfish at last, for it was a habit he had to show his white teeth more when he was savage than when he smiled. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' The other man showed his teeth in a wolfish snarl. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories The name means bear-shirt and has been connected with the old were-wolf tradition, the myth that certain people were able to change into man-devouring wolves with a wolfish mad desire to rend and kill. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson His eyes, furtive and wolfish, bulged with astonishment and recognition, and his mouth opened vacuously. Square Deal Sanderson I felt what it was to be wolfish and even ravening; and I noted, step by step, in myself, how a strange sagacity grew within me—an art of detecting food. The English Gipsies and Their Language His invariable companion is—I was about to say a tamed wolf; but in reality, an untamed animal of wolfish aspect and disposition, always eager to make your acquaintance. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 His face had become stern and wolfish, and the thin lips were drawn very tightly. The Turtles of Tasman His breakfast despatched, which he ate with a wolfish appetite, he walked over to Newgate, chuckling as he went at the consternation which his appearance would create amongst the turnkeys. Jack Sheppard A Romance Yet the wolfish face grinned still a savage, horrible defiance. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick Sickness of various descriptions, giddiness, retchings, fainting fits, convulsions, and in some cases, death itself, were induced by this wolfish and frightful gluttony on the part of the starving people. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three His brow lowered, his cheek got gaunt and haggard, and his eye hollow and wolfish with ferocity. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two He realized at once that to attempt to denounce her would expose him to destruction at the wolfish hands of the frenzied mob. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem At first Reynard was a little awkward, but he rapidly improved, and with a little practice he reached at last the perfection of wolfish strategy. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The wolfish friendship is an allusion to the fable of the sheep and the wolves. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus I saw him leap, and close in upon the horror; I heard a sort of wolfish yapping. A Woman Named Smith Every time I came into town I was subjected to wolfish leers from some member of this gang. Children of the Market Place Time and again wolfish Idumean soldiers who were numerous about the place noted the pair and commented to one another or spoke insolently to the shrinking girl who hid ineffectually behind her veil. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem And well for us then if there's no more mist Than the white panting of the wolfish hunger. Emblems Of Love The dogs, which seem to be of wolfish descent, are aboriginal. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time I at once imagine that he must be dreaming of the old hag and her wolfish shadow. Madame Chrysantheme The Germans, on the contrary, regarded the Russians as barbarians of wolfish courage and gigantic strength, but far too ignorant of military science to be entrusted with the plan of a campaign. The Empire of Russia Envy it was that wrought the hero's fall, Envy, with hydra-heads and serpent-tongues, Hissed on the wolfish clamors of the Press. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems And then he wolfish howled, And hurled off towards the snarling and the baying. Emblems Of Love The lads took the stuff thankfully and crunched the stony balls with white, wolfish teeth. The Children of the King The termination ish added to adjectives, imports diminution; and added to substantives, imports similitude or tendency to a character; as green, greenish; white, whitish; soft, softish; a thief, thievish; a wolf, wolfish; a child, childish. A Grammar of the English Tongue With these wolfish legions, he commenced his march back again upon his own country. The Empire of Russia A long cry, quavering at first, and then rising to a fierce top note to die away later in a ferocious, wolfish whine came through the fog. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi With haggard, wolfish eyes they gazed on each other, till a whisper passed from man to man, that one, by his death, might ransom all the rest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 Their wolfish teeth were very white as they waited for him with parted lips, and there was an odd blue light in their eyes which is not often seen south of Goth-land. The Children of the King I got up, and looked from the window, expecting to see some of those wolfish dogs which they had brought to the place prowling about the court-yard. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh The conqueror now made an irruption into China proper, and with his wolfish legions, clambering the world-renowned wall, routed all the armies raised to oppose him, and speedily was master of ninety cities. The Empire of Russia His action was followed swiftly by a wolfish howl of dismay. The Man in the Twilight And thereafter, from the hour he entered until he left about the time I did, Culhane seemed to follow him with a wolfish and savage idea. Twelve Men They walked down the block-long sidewalk, past the warehouse doors and the long teams of waiting huskies curled up in wolfish comfort in the snow. A Daughter of the Snows Feather of pride and wolfish eye, Judas-bearded, glancing sly; Many a pawn you have gathered in, Through circling ages of shame and sin! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 An evil wolfish light stole into his eyes and the lines of his weak debauched face hardened. The Just and the Unjust And their long, wolfish muzzles, so indicative of their parentage, were pressed down between great, outstretched forepaws. The Man in the Twilight The face of the older man looked more wolfish than ever. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West But alas! he knew not the secret for reversing the Circean spell by which gentlemen of property and standing in the community had been suddenly transformed into a wolfish rabble. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist The common error of a generous mind, To do no good, and shrink within itself, Sick of the jostling of the wolfish throng. Cromwell He felt Langham's hot breath on his cheek, he read murder by the wolfish light in his eyes. The Just and the Unjust There were five of them; great huskies, shaggy of coat and fiercely wolfish. The Man in the Twilight This manipulator had kept her long to one set of motions, stiff pleading arm, anxious head, interrogative joints, and a strut of wolfish eagerness and hunger. Flames All the baffled hate and cupidity of Sanders glared out of his wolfish face. A Man Four-Square Having brought their prisoner safely into this den, the robbers proceed to eat and drink, dispensing with chopsticks, so wolfish is their hunger. The Book of the Epic He paused and regarded her with a wolfish glare. The Just and the Unjust The youth, with frowning brow and glittering, wolfish eyes, stood facing Holton like an animal at bay, with what amounted to a threat of murder on his lips. In Old Kentucky Cuckoo and the doctor stood face to face, and Cuckoo's tired eyes fastened with a hungry, almost a wolfish, scrutiny upon this stranger. Flames There was something wolfish about the face, from which all the color had been driven. A Man Four-Square Nino's grandam had lain in almost the same spot then, wolfish and hungry as her descendant was now, and only a trifle less uncannily hideous. Whosoever Shall Offend Yet Anderson was under no illusion; there it lay sparkling, as it were, at the back of his sly wolfish eyes. Lady Merton, Colonist Half a dozen wolfish dogs were standing ready to breakfast as soon as the slaughtering was over. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The variety and abundance of eatables comprising the meal, are such as to thoroughly delight the heart of a person who has grown thin and gaunt and wolfish from semi-starvation and prolonged physical exertion. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama You, Tus-ka-sah," he retorted angrily, "have evidently strongly shaken hands with the discourse of the opossum, speaking its language like the animal itself, and also the wolfish English. The Frontiersmen And never did shipmate of mine upbraid me with a genteel disinclination to duty, though it carried me to truck of main-mast, or jib-boom-end, in the most wolfish blast that ever howled. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I He fixed his eyes upon it with a hungry, wolfish glare, clutched a pitchfork and leaned eagerly forward, watching the vanishing wagon with breathless attention and heedless of my salutation. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 I shall not, at the present moment, go into details; I prefer to pause and ask what can be expected to result from the wolfish scheme of Turf morality which I have indicated. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour "He would have moneys" from the Hebrew hoard, To swell his state, or whet his warlike sword; Perchance buy heavier scourges for the backs Of lesser Hebrews, whom his wolfish packs Of salaried minions hunt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 16, 1891 He fell upon his food with a wolfish passion extraordinary to see and also--alas!--to hear. Jason Had the arrival of the Thetis been delayed, it is reasonably certain that every bird on Laysan would have been killed to satisfy the wolfish rapacity of one money-grubbing white man. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation About him on all sides men were tearing their meat with clawlike hands, digging their fangs into it in wolfish ferocity… A dishpan of rice was circulated. Broken to the Plow It was not that the grey, wolfish face of the old man looked even greyer and fiercer, or that the hard, arrogant expression of Ezra deepened into something even more sinister. The Firm of Girdlestone The chief's son, having been ordered in a series of explosive guttural sounds to do something, had started away when a yellow, wolfish looking cur got in way. The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch That scene in the grey cold morning when those innocent men were led out to die—to die an ignominious death before that wolfish mob! The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession And yet he has almost lost the capacity for pleasures apart from those of a wolfish hunger for knowledge; and he despises his baser aims and his extravagant speeches. Robert Browning They swung into a wolfish trot again, across a stretch of green turf, avoiding the clogging mud of the beaten trails. Broken to the Plow We have also heard of Ermanric's wolfish mind; wide was his sway o'er the Gothic race,--a ruler grim. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Even as he did so a wolfish gleam crept into his eyes. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers Faces swimming in the stage ozone and wolfish for cue. The Vertical City He uttered some inarticulate cavernous sounds, which were wolfish and indescribable, while he seemed employed in pouring out a glass from the bottle. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 We obeyed in silence and looked on while the pirates with wolfish voracity devoured the meal which had been meant for us. Spanish Doubloons The wolfish look in her eyes hurt him. The Purple Heights His big, wolfish eyes looked over the young American pair keenly. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers The wolf had been trained by the man, or had trained himself unassisted, to divers wolfish arts, which swelled the receipts. The Man Who Laughs Will you persist in hurling the corner stone of our personal liberty to your wolfish hounds of collectors, thirsting for its blood? Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations He grinned into our astounded faces with a wolfish baring of his yellow teeth. Spanish Doubloons She was smiling; but one sensed behind her deliberate smile a wolfish anxiety. The Purple Heights Werewolf, a person transformed into a wolf, or a being with a literally wolfish appetite, under the presumed influence of a charm or some demoniac possession. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge They differ somewhat in respect to their size and their churches; but the grey log houses, conical balagáns drying fish, wolfish dogs, canoes, sledges, and fishy odours are all invariable features. Tent Life in Siberia I was getting a trifle wolfish over the way they were acting, so I rode forward to see what the trouble was. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories The chief, his lady, two sons almost grown, two or three wolfish looking dogs which forcibly reminded me of Field's terrible scare, and myself made up the number of lodgers in that mansion that night. Death Valley in '49 Fair faces crowd on Christmas night Like seven suns a-row, But all beyond is the wolfish wind And the crafty feet of the snow. The Wild Knight and Other Poems The horrible treachery and brutality of the assault wherein his kinsfolk were slain made him mad for revenge; every wolfish instinct in him came to the surface. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 The dogs, true to their wolfish instincts, started with fierce, excited howls in pursuit. Tent Life in Siberia He held a dead fox by the brush, which he was cutting off; two hounds, lank and wolfish, were scaling his huge body in frantic attempts to get at the carrion. Chivalry The huskies, as the big wolfish sledge-dogs of the far North are called, were indeed in a pitiable condition. The Gold Hunters A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds I can see his open mouth now, with its row of white wolfish teeth. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales Scarcely less sombre reading is the account of how they were hunted down, and of the wolfish eagerness the borderers showed to massacre the women and children as well as the men. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 You may hang grapes on a thorn-bush, that will not make it a vine; you may put a sheep's fleece on a wolf's back, but that will not change its wolfish heart. The Teaching of Jesus In like manner the warriors are fiery with bestial impulses—leonine fury, wolfish ferocity, fox-like cunning. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Beatrice sensed them in his pale, set face and his cold, wolfish eyes. The Sky Line of Spruce Suppose, for a moment, that you turn the wolf into a wolfish baron, or the fox into a foxy diplomatist. Aesop's Fables; a new translation |
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