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Example sentences for "harrier"

Lexicographically close words:
harrassed; harrassing; harrd; harridan; harried; harriers; harries; harrow; harrowed; harrowing
  1. In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.

  2. And every hound that hath that courage will come to be a harrier by nature with little making.

  3. A harrier fair ran out of his palace, Among them all the greatest bear assailed On the green grass, beyond his friends some way.

  4. Probably this Harrier has a partial migration, as a great many are always seen travelling across the pampas in the autumn and spring; many individuals, however, remain all winter.

  5. This Harrier is also found in the Republic, but is not so common as the former species.

  6. This Harrier is found throughout the Argentine Republic, and is also common in Patagonia and the Falkland Islands.

  7. A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both America and Europe.

  8. Later the harrier was developed as a separate breed for hunting hares.

  9. The name harrier was first given somewhat indiscriminately to all English hunting hounds before the foxhound was highly developed.

  10. Formerly "dwarf" foxhounds were used for hare-hunting, though proved not to be equal to the typical Harrier for this purpose.

  11. Throughout, the Harrier should be symmetrical, have a large nose, dilated nostrils, ears low set on and lying close to the cheeks, and the neck long and strong.

  12. The Harrier said: "That is not the reason why I bark.

  13. He has been domesticated in Italy for upwards of two centuries, and is the common harrier of that country.

  14. The hen-harrier breeds only in the Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides.

  15. Montagu's harrier is a somewhat smaller bird, and has black bars on the secondaries.

  16. There may be many who will fare forth to find the harrier on the wing.

  17. Marsh Harrier is spoken of as an enemy to the Coots; also at p.

  18. A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.

  19. The Moor Harrier feeds principally on game, to which it is extremely destructive.

  20. A covey of young grouse whirr heavily over the nearest brae--but the marsh harrier remains.

  21. A male and female harrier invariably hunt in consort, and afford a pleasant sight as they "harry" the game, driving it from one to the other, and hawking in the most systematic fashion.

  22. The harrier was not more than 18 or 19 inches high.

  23. The deer-hound and the harrier were for many centuries the only hunting-dogs.

  24. THE OTTER HOUND used to be of a mingled breed, between the southern hound and the rough terrier, and in size between the harrier and the fox-hound.

  25. There is evidently much of the harrier and of the old southern, connected with a considerable decrease of size and speed, the possession of an exceedingly musical voice, and very great power of scent.

  26. The smaller harrier will best suit a deeply enclosed country; but where there is little cover, and less doubling greater size and fleetness are requisite.

  27. His hounds were between the large slow-hunting harrier and the fox-beagle.

  28. The harrier methodically ducked its head each time its tormentor rushed down at it, after which it would tear its prey again in its uncomfortable manner.

  29. Envious at the other's good fortune, or fearing, perhaps, that not even the crumbs or feathers of the feast were going to be left, it was persecuting the harrier by darting down at intervals with an angry cry and aiming a blow with its wing.

  30. Over the harrier hovered a brown milvago hawk, a vulture-like bird in its habits, that lives by picking up unconsidered trifles.

  31. About the South Yorkshire moors the Hen Harrier is practically unknown.

  32. The principal food of this Harrier consists of small animals, such as moles, mice; of frogs, lizards, and insects.

  33. This Harrier reaches the moors in April or early May, and nests during the latter month and the first half of June.

  34. Occasionally, too, a marsh-harrier may be met with, but this is a rara avis even in these outlandish parts.

  35. At any rate, the oldest Foxhound or Harrier that has never touched otter is at once in ravishing excitement on it, and all dogs will hunt it.

  36. That a great many of the true order were bred became very manifest as soon as the Harrier and Beagle Association was formed, and more particularly when a section of the Peterborough Hound Show was reserved for them.

  37. Nevertheless, in general appearance the Harrier and the Foxhound are very much alike, the one obvious distinction being that of size.

  38. Doubtless the rearing of a Harrier puppy is a great responsibility, but it is also a delight to many who feel that they are helping in the advancement of a great national sport.

  39. By such evidence the Foxhound had outstripped the Harrier in size by nearly five inches, as the latter does not appear to have been more than eighteen inches, and the early Foxhound would have been twenty-three inches.

  40. As in the case of the Foxhound, the Harrier is very seldom kept as a companion apart from the pack.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harrier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bully; dog; hound; magpie; nag; pest; sadist; tease; teaser; torment; tormentor