Sentence examples for ferocious wolf from inspiring English sources

One chapter tells of a ferocious wolf that was preying upon the citizens of Gubbio.

"'Little Women' is brutal, a ferocious wolf dressed up in the curly white sermons and sentimental homilies of children's stories".

(The bronze statue of the maternally ferocious wolf, now in the city's Capitoline Museums, is one of the best-known works among the thousands of masterpieces in Rome).

When a lever on Little Red Riding Hood's basket is pulled, for instance, a ferocious wolf leaps out of bed and Little Red Riding Hood collapses.

Hunched over in an animalistic crouch, surrounded by a predatory-looking pack of dancers, she performs an angry version of her pounding song "Teeth," as images of a ferocious wolf loom behind her.

Focusing on Darwin's preference for domestic images a family dog over a ferocious wolf, a Victorian infant instead of a howling "savage"—Voss makes the important observation that Darwin consistently selected images that would enhance the acceptability of his theory for his audience.

Nothing is more foolish than dropping a hunting gun before herds of ferocious wolves.

The nuclear test, announced on 6 January, was called a "world-startling event" in a government statement, which also described the US as a "gang of cruel robbers" and a pack of "ferocious wolves".

(Catsoulis) ★ 'The Grey' (R, 1 57) Liam Neeson and a posse of grizzly, first-rate actors (including Dallas Roberts and Frank Grillo) battle the elements, metaphysical anguish and some ferocious wolves in the Alaskan wilderness.

(Scott) ★ 'The Grey' (R, 1 57) Liam Neeson and a posse of grizzly, first-rate actors (including Dallas Roberts and Frank Grillo) battle the elements, metaphysical anguish and some ferocious wolves in the Alaskan wilderness.

Maybe it was just a fantasy to them, no more real than the Christmas fantasy is to the adults here, or the fantasy of the ferocious wolves is to Jan, the twinkly-eyed huntswoman.