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Example sentences for "havoc"

Lexicographically close words:
havinge; havings; haviour; havis; havnt; havock; havos; havyng; hawa; hawberk
  1. And I suppose she's grown up, and has wrought havoc with your young affections all over again?

  2. Darkness had already fallen, and the wind and rain were making havoc among the captain's roses.

  3. The majority were wild--that is, had taken up their residence in the woods, reverting to their natural state, and causing great havoc among the game.

  4. The starlings, perhaps, are making havoc of the thatch, tearing out straw by straw, and working the holes in which they form their nests right through, till in the upper story daylight is visible.

  5. It appeared that the rat had committed great havoc in his household, stealing and damaging various articles of food; when at last it was caught the man nailed its feet to a board, as a warning to other rats.

  6. He was astonished, and pleaded that the rat deserved death, on account of the serious havoc committed in his house.

  7. Egad, what havoc we'll make among the Creole girls.

  8. I have not heard whether or not the plague of rinderpest which swept through South Africa in 1896, and worked such terrible havoc amongst both the cattle and game of that vast territory, affected the gemsbucks.

  9. This precaution is especially needful when any of the minute crustacea called Entomostraca are captured, as they are most voracious beings, and will make sad havoc among other specimens, unless they are placed in separate bottles.

  10. But uncared for, the fierce elements were wreaking havoc on the buildings as they also were at Kingston.

  11. Well might he muse upon the havoc which the rising tide of nationalism and skepticism has wrought in the adamantine traditions of his country.

  12. Were it possible," says a learned authority, "to collect all the cases of sacrifices to the mysterious infatuation, it is probable that their number would exceed the enormous havoc made by gunpowder or the sword.

  13. A blight played havoc with Beverly beans,-- It was all the work of those hateful queans!

  14. We have already heard of Saul as a persecutor, making havoc of the Church at Jerusalem, after the death of Stephen.

  15. It seemed that the Jeroboam had not long left home, when upon speaking a whale-ship, her people were reliably apprised of the existence of Moby Dick, and the havoc he had made.

  16. But as perhaps fifty of these whale-bone whales are harpooned for one cachalot, some philosophers of the forecastle have concluded that this positive havoc has already very seriously diminished their battalions.

  17. A shriek of terror went up from the Zwengi, while the pigmy arrows played havoc among them as they fled back to their canoes.

  18. The thorns made sad havoc with their clothes, but the boys were too anxious to heed this.

  19. He seemed relieved by her acquiescence--and smiled that rare sweet smile of his, which had once played such havoc with her ladyship's sensitive feelings.

  20. Then we saw to our sorrow that the gods had chosen to play havoc with his wits.

  21. Through three decades it looks back to its host of acquaintances of those romping lads who, in the superfluity of exuberant spirits, made havoc and din in the household.

  22. Excited groups of towns-people crowd the village store, and eager voices tell of the havoc wrought by the fearful flood.

  23. This goes to explain the frightful havoc of streams at times of flood.

  24. The hot gases played havoc with the forests.

  25. Sheep-pasturing in former years wrought havoc with the wild flowers, of which there are numerous varieties.

  26. Having thus saved her from the enemy's clutches, this father taught Camilla to fight so bravely, that she causes dire havoc among the Trojans before she dies, using her last breath to implore Turnus to hasten to the rescue.

  27. He and his men weep aloud for their fallen companions, and twenty thousand soldiers swoon from grief at the sight of the havoc which has been made!

  28. The forts are impervious alike to shell and bullet, but as they cross ditch or hillock in their gigantic stride, their artillery works havoc among their opponents, who are finally forced to an unconditional surrender.

  29. The men were much better off, in fact, than many of the officers, for the high winds frequently made havoc with our wall-tents.

  30. By shifting to the left, Merritt gained the Rice's Station road west of the creek, making havoc of the wagon-trains, while Crook struck them further on and planted himself square across the road.

  31. She felt a sudden qualm of pain, lest illness and exhaustion had wrought havoc in his frame deeper than she knew.

  32. But inactivity and confinement to the fo'cas'le soon worked havoc with his physique, so that appetite, and even desire of life itself, temporarily disappeared in the gloom of seasickness.

  33. Here havoc was present everywhere, and though he passed by many homes, not a single soul was left.

  34. Gurayn was its home and like the others it wrought havoc in its region.

  35. On hearing of the havoc that had been wrought among his soldiers, King Edward was highly exasperated; and, in his wrath, he thought of vengeance.

  36. The havoc was amazing, the desolation was complete.

  37. None of these idle or frivolous sources of discontent, that make such havoc with the peace of human life, ever discompose his features or alter the serenity of his pulse.

  38. Again and again he wrought havoc among the frontier settlers; yet we several times hear of his saving the lives of prisoners.

  39. In 1771 many hunters crossed over the mountains and penetrated far into the wilderness, to work huge havoc among the herds of game.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "havoc" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.