They often sallied out upon the steppe with comrades from their kuren, and sometimes too with the whole kuren or with neighbouring kurens, to shoot the innumerable steppe-birds of every sort, deer, and goats.
Quarrels amongst the inhabitants of the kuren were not unfrequent; and in such cases they proceeded at once to blows.
At night they lighted their camp fires, and the cooks boiled the porridge for each kurenin huge copper cauldrons; whilst an alert sentinel watched all night beside the blazing fire.
The inhabitants of the kuren swarmed into the square, and smote each other with their fists, until one side had finally gained the upper hand, when the revelry began.
How raged Kukubenko, the hetman, when he saw that the best half of his kuren was no more!
Beside the waggons stood Vovtuzenko, and in front Tcherevitchenko, and by the more distant ones Degtyarenko; and behind them the kuren hetman, Vertikhvist.
Perceiving this from the kuren on the flank, Stepan Guska set out after him, lasso in hand, bending his head to his horse's neck.
Half the Nezamaikovsky kuren was as if it had never been.
The speech of the hetman of the kuren pleased the Cossacks.
It must have required supernatural powers to eat it all; the more so, as their kuren numbered fewer than the others.
Where the majority of a kuren goes there its officers are to go: if the minority of a kuren goes over, it must be added to another kuren.
Very good," replied the Koschevoi; "enter the kuren where you have most acquaintances.
The Lama-king of the Kurenis regarded by the Mongols as a god.
The Kuren Dagh and Ala Dagh enclose the valley of the Atrek River, which flows west and south-west into the Caspian at Hassan Kuli Bay.
Another example of a monastery in a remote situation is that of Kurun or Kuren (see p.
He was a man of great beauty and extraordinary strength, thanks to which he had the rank of kuren ataman.
Some of the kuren atamans stood up in their places, and among the deputies was heard the cry, "To destruction!
The koshevoi walked with great strides through the room; the kuren atamans, gathering in small groups, conversed in low tones, interrupted from time to time by more audible oaths.
The Brotherhood is already assembled on the square, and the kuren atamans will meet in council before evening.
He led each kuren personally to the attack, and withdrew only before the sabres of the enemy.
Since the sun was near its setting, a number of tar-barrels had been ignited already; and here and there were kegs of spirits which every kuren had set out for itself, and which added no small energy to the deliberations.
Philip Zakhar and Tatarchuk went straight to the council-house; for one as inspector, and the other as kuren ataman, had a right to a seat among the elders.
And all at once the majority of the kuren atamans began to laugh wildly, not knowing themselves why.
A koshevoi ataman has rank confirmed and recognized by the Commonwealth, with which the kuren atamans can cloak their action.
Charles responded with his rifle, and presently Van Kuren climbed down to find a better position.
Detective Littleton, Andrew Van Kuren of the Workhouse force and several others climbed upon one of these and opened fire on the upper windows, shooting whenever they could catch a glimpse of the assassin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kuren" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
