| 单词 | flea-bitten |
| 例句 | Dogs barked at his heels wherever his long-legged stride carried him, and he snarled back at them, sometimes even spitting, which only made the flea-bitten mongrels yap more hysterically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness came, and he sprawled out at the foot of the huge bed, taking up more than half of it with his mangy, flea-bitten form. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z All this will no doubt end badly for my skinny, now flea-bitten friend. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 8: The Never-Ending Trials of Quinn 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Amiri has a free hand with embellishment, and a love of casual staples — hoodies, flannels and so on — ratcheted to luxurious but still flea-bitten extremes. Are You Ready to (Dress Like You) Rock? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Water was delivered by the United Nations; the children were usually barefoot, flea-bitten and hungry. Gaza doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish 2011-01-16T00:05:32Z Quickly wrapping a towel around his waist, he opens the door onto a flea-bitten corridor. New life for a noir masterpiece: ‘Black Wings Has My Angel’ 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z After living in the shack for decades, Rupke was allowed to move into the caregiver’s house, where he slept in a room with the man’s flea-bitten dogs, according to the lawsuit. Severe neglect of disabled Whatcom County man costs taxpayers nearly $23M 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Israel isn't a pariah, except maybe in the dusty, flea-bitten capitals of places like Sudan, Syria and North Korea. Behind a Roadside Hit in Malaysia, Israeli-Palestinian Intrigue 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Concerned Elyria city workers stopped the truck from leaving and found five sweat-soaked, flea-bitten children ranging in age from 2 to 15 inside the cargo box. Ohio pair indicted for transporting kids in sweltering truck 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z While rare in this country, cases have been linked to flea-bitten people who shared their beds with infested animals. Is it Healthy to Sleep With Your Pets? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It was always a feint, a beautiful sheep costume layered over the flea-bitten hide of the zealotry-driven wolves of Christian conservatism. Sorry, David Brooks: In all his sadism, Ted Cruz is the true face of the Christian right 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z A friend of mine looking over a dealer's yard stopped before a flea-bitten mare. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z We had visions of spending the next few days in a flea-bitten Mexican jail. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z The little face itself was thinner and older than ever: horribly flea-bitten still, but bloodlessly pale. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z So she was not afraid to try the nervous little flea-bitten gray that Ike Stedman roped and saddled and bridled for her. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z Here was a flea-bitten town on the putative border between north and south claimed by both sides. Abyei Bloodshed: Sudan on the Brink of Civil War 2011-05-23T17:25:22Z Horses of all colours, which only the richness of the Hungarian language can find names for: bay, grey, black, white-faced, piebald, dappled, chestnut, flea-bitten, strawberry, skewbald, roan, cream-coloured, and, what is rarest among foals, milk-white. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z "I guess that's the best rabbit dog anywhere around here," he said, as a flea-bitten cur trotted past. A Yankee from the West A Novel Its eyes were large and bright, its tiny face was piteously flea-bitten and strangely old. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z He drove an old-fashioned, flea-bitten blooded mare to a one-horse wagon full of forage and carried all the Confederate money the family left, to pay his expenses. Eneas Africanus "That white barb, with the flea-bitten flank, would carry you to perfection, Jim." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Even the village dogs were there, a legion of snarling, flea-bitten curs. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 The horses, a pair of flea-bitten roans, were not much to look at, being smallish, though sturdy and compact, but in hard condition, and up to any amount of work. A Veldt Vendetta The one who had yelled and thrown the stone now whistled shrilly, and shouted, "Commere, you lousy, flea-bitten mutts, and shut up!" The Telenizer Years before, this God-fearing man had crossed the mountains, driving before him an "old flea-bitten gray horse" loaded with Bibles, and had cast his lot with the Holston settlers. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools They moved like a couple of old flea-bitten mongrels spoken to sharply. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards He was a flea-bitten horse, if my readers know what that is,—a flea-bitten roan, or white covered with small red spots. Marion Fay Late that night another horseman on a flea-bitten gray dashed madly after him over the Pocket trail. Hidden Water The two smaller boys, Ole and Helge, rode, one behind the other, on one horse, a flea-bitten gray with an enlarged knee and a habit of traveling with its neck craned to the left. Rim o' the World As they left the bank a cowboy rode up on a flea-bitten roan that was lathered with sweat, sadly roweled and leg-weary. Rimrock Trail There were moose, caribou, a 129 couple of bears, raccoons, foxes, porcupines, two splendid pumas, a rather flea-bitten and toothless tiger, and the Gray Master, solitary in his cage! Kings in Exile The flea-bitten roan was as good at the end of a day as he was at the beginning, and trotted on gallantly. Marion Fay He turned to Johnson who, sitting astride a flea-bitten gray mare that seemed to be in a perpetual doze, looked more like an Apache squaw than a boss cowboy. Hidden Water This was no punishment; and notwithstanding being bug- and flea-bitten, I slept well and forgot all my sorrows. A Sailor of King George I can remember her small head and large eyes; her neat, compact body, round as a barrel; her finely flea-bitten skin, and her thorough-bred legs. Spare Hours He picked up a yeller cur out there the day after the Yangtsin fight, an' that there no-account, mangy, flea-bitten mutt had ter stay with us the whole time. Humorous Ghost Stories "You have never heard of his flea-bitten horse?" Marion Fay I am very 'crummy,' badly flea-bitten, overrun with bed bugs, somewhat fly-blown, but, redemption of it all, I am free and always drunk. An Anarchist Woman About the place itself there was little of interest; it was a one-horse show with a few Arabs, Bedouins and Sudanese, many flea-bitten mongrels and clouds of flies. The Tale of a Trooper We now see them either completely liver-coloured, or of a flea-bitten blue or grey, or else black, with fine sterns showing much blood, and extremely thin ears. Anecdotes of Dogs Their horses were steady, flea-bitten little beasts, not unlike mustangs, and mounts had been provided for the gun-bearers, to the huge delight of all three. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series There is one rug on the floor, a dilapidated affair that might well be the flayed hide of a flea-bitten mule. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 "Nay, sir," replied Don Quixote, "if you will not be a spectator of what you think will prove a tragedy, spur your flea-bitten, and save yourself." Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Whatever you are, you made a Machiavellian puppet-master out of a lousy, flea-bitten mongrel! The Short Life Mechanically he removed his baggage and dumped it in the road; mechanically he re-kissed the entire party; he says he even kissed the flea-bitten grey. No Man's Land She found they were very much of a type: a little frowsy, a little flea-bitten as a rule, indifferent to ordinary morality, and philosophical even if irritable. The Lost Girl “Well, señor,” answered Don Quixote, “if you do not like to be a spectator of this tragedy, as in your opinion it will be, spur your flea-bitten mare and place yourself in safety.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 For I am quite indifferent To your dubious state, As to whether you've found a fortune In me, or a flea-bitten fate. Look! We Have Come Through! He was stiff and flea-bitten, but otherwise felt all right. Gold Seekers of '49 Finally, in despair, Draycott rushed into the road and seized a venerable flea-bitten grey that was ambling along with Monsieur, Madame, and all the little olive-branches sitting solemnly inside the cab. No Man's Land There was only room for one chair and in that sat a tall Negro woman clad in burlap bags and in her lap she held a small white flea-bitten dog which growled meaningly. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Luminous fleas on a vast black dog—in popular impressions, there is no realization of the extent to which this solar system is flea-bitten. The Book of the Damned Victor, the shock-headed driver, was leading out a pair of flea-bitten grays already accoutred for a journey, part of their harness dragging through the as yet untrodden snow. Despair's Last Journey The population is about 1,125,000, and most visitors think there is a mangy, flea-bitten dog for each inhabitant; but the official dog census has placed the canine population at about 125,000. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel Ewell's division poured through—Ewell on the flea-bitten grey, Rifle, swearing his men forward, pithily answering the happy people, all the while the church bells clanging. The Long Roll He led the flea-bitten mare to the cherry tree and tied her there. Second Book of Tales It was a flea-bitten hoss that was as round and slick as a ball of butter, and as active under the gypsy's lash and spur as a frisky young colt. Dixie Hart A pick and fishing rod lay across the door sill and a lean, flea-bitten dog dozed at her feet. The Black Pearl So I saddled a flea-bitten pinto and set out, though I must say I wasn't particularly keen on going. Bob Chester's Grit From Ranch to Riches All he knew of dairies was nestling his head against the flank of a flea-bitten cow. Destiny From the consulate he went to a local stock-yard and purchased a miserable, flea-bitten, dejected saddle mule, together with a dilapidated old stock saddle with a crupper, and a well-worn horse-hair hackamore. The Pride of Palomar I found a pair of flea-bitten gray Flemish mares, weighing about twenty-eight hundred pounds. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm With his tongue lolling and his flea-bitten stump wagging apologetically, he glanced from face to face to see if there was any forgiveness visible. The Ragged Edge One, a flea-bitten roan, groaned continually from the moment Mrs. Morgan's burden was put upon him till she was shifted to the other horse. Dutch Courage and Other Stories My own flea-bitten gray, Dandy Jim, is clad only in the rope by which he was led up from the caviata. Ma Pettengill "Somebody ought to go in and build the fire if we ain't going to freeze to death!" exclaimed Grandma Brown, jogging up on a flea-bitten black mule. Judith of the Godless Valley This was his remark: "There was never a flea-bitten mare that was a poor horse." The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm She threw her arms around Rollo's neck and laid her cheek upon the flea-bitten head. The Ragged Edge The flea-bitten roan, on its four legs upstanding, continued bravely to stand until the lady was removed, whereupon, with a long sigh, it sank down on the ground. Dutch Courage and Other Stories The flea-bitten gray was all horse, but he had a white-rimmed eye. Partners of Chance "It took some nerve to jump in the way you did; and some sand to handle the flea-bitten bunch of river-hogs----" "You're mistaken about them," Bob broke in earnestly. The Rules of the Game I always expected great things from flea-bitten grays. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm They are running that flea-bitten grey up pretty well, are they not. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 He gazed across the sands to the sea, and turned to St. Neot, who towered at his side upon a flea-bitten grey. The Delectable Duchy He walked through Maryland and Virginia, driving before him an old "flea-bitten grey" horse, loaded with a sackful of books; crossed the Alleghanies, and came down along blazed trails to the Holston settlements. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 The weather had become foul again, and I was sick of the smells and the squalor and the flea-bitten crowds. Greenmantle To a crisp crackling of the whip-lash over the backs of the two sturdy, shaggy, flea-bitten ponies, the tonga swept away from the station, swift as a hunted fox with a dusty plume. The Bronze Bell The nags were of the huckleberry or flea-bitten variety,--a freckled white. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 To this Lincoln, as a lad of sixteen or seventeen, would carry the corn in a bag upon an old flea-bitten gray mare. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Three mongrel dogs and a flea-bitten cat were welcome to share the narrow space with the family and their visitors. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Then Sir Lopez, and Path Finder, striding alone, Then the good horse, Red Ember, the flea-bitten roan. Right Royal But that little flea-bitten grey is a tricky one. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch An old mare came hobbling towards him; a flea-bitten grey came trotting down the field, his head in the air, neighing loudly. The Evil Shepherd The horse's name is Salt—yes—that is right," as Dove looked incredulous, "and he is a flea-bitten gray—mate to this one behind us. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home A fleet of dilapidated surreys and coaches, each equipped with a musical chime and drawn by a flea-bitten, ratlike horse, thronged the square. The Ne'er-Do-Well The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear. Rung Ho! You are worse than a dog, you old flinty-faced, flea-bitten scrub. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Lady Bridget now perceived behind the stockman a black boy on a young colt, leading a sturdy flea-bitten grey, laden with a pack bag on either side. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Well, sir, the president sent me and Wainwright back to the town in a victoria hitched to two flea-bitten selling-platers—but the best the country afforded. Rolling Stones Out from the overhung path, with a great rustling of leaves, came, not the expected flea-bitten Panama horse, but a familiar bay, astride of which was Stephen Cortlandt. The Ne'er-Do-Well "Let the flea-bitten old devil go, she's brought trouble enough already." The Mahatma and the Hare He quivered his little, flea-bitten withers just to show how satisfied he felt; but his heart was not so light. The Day's Work - Volume 1 I'll tell them he's the author of the longest and dullest history of their flea-bitten empire that was ever written. The Red Cross Girl I was flea-bitten, a mite sarcastic, and fundamentally hungry. Roads of Destiny There came riding on red roan steeds—or, to be more explicit, on a paint and a flea-bitten sorrel—two wooers. Whirligigs There was a rubber plant in one window; a flea-bitten terrier sat in the other, wondering when he was to have his day. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million He learnt what it is to be flea-bitten, saddle-sore, hungry and, above all, thirsty. The Research Magnificent The flea-bitten terrier gave Hopkins a look of disgust, and showed a man-hating tooth. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million It was a knightly love, and contained no disloyalty to the flat with the flea-bitten terrier and the lady of his choice. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million |
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