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Example sentences for "scours"

Lexicographically close words:
scourgeth; scourging; scourgings; scouring; scourings; scout; scoutcraft; scouted; scouting; scoutmaster
  1. He swiftly scours the desert plain, And then he scours it back again.

  2. The tail is sometimes glued on to the buttocks, while the scours continue.

  3. Calf Scours as a rule is associated with this disease.

  4. Aged cattle do not seem to suffer much from tapeworms, but in calves these parasites cause scours and rapid emaciation.

  5. White scours caused by irritating germs is a highly infectious disease.

  6. The infectious form of white scours may be diagnosed by the history of the outbreak.

  7. This is dysentery, due to scours so prevalent in calves.

  8. The waves were the coursers of Neptune,--the horses with which he scours the strand.

  9. A blot that will be still a blot, in spite Of all that grave apologists may write; And though a bishop toil to cleanse the stain, He wipes and scours the silver cup in vain.

  10. Britomartis scours the woods of Dalmatia and the precipitous ridges of Pindus, her hair flying in the wind.

  11. Nor does Diana, who scours Mount Parthenius with her keen-scented hounds, disdain this company but would fain bind her free-flowing tresses with a flowery crown.

  12. Give a scholar wine going to his book, or being about to invent; it sets a new point on his wit, it glazeth it, it scours it, it gives him acumen.

  13. No, the moist element poured upon it, which grinds out all gaps, sets a point upon it, and scours it as bright as the firmament.

  14. Aldeiga burns, and Eirik's might Scours through all Russia by its light.

  15. And showed the Danes his galley's bow, Right nobly scours the ocean now.

  16. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.

  17. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.

  18. Also to wear: chiefly applied to irons, fetters, or handcuffs, because wearing scours them.

  19. It puts the digestion organs into healthy condition and the result is safe farrowing and a healthy litter which is not apt to suffer from scours or thumps.

  20. Calves fed Pratts way thrive and grow rapidly and are not subject to | |scours and other calf disorders.

  21. It does not cause scours and other digestive troubles.

  22. Let her by other theft herself purvey With other palfrey, as she did whilere; For never will she have this courser more, Who chased by swift Orlando scours the shore.

  23. But with such strides the giant scours the plain, Him with his eyes the knight pursues with pain.

  24. XLIII "Each polished turret shines with such a ray That it defies the mouldering rust and rain: The robber scours the country night and day, And after harbours in this sure domain.

  25. At Portsmouth the tide flows about seven hours and ebbs about five; and the velocity with which the ebb tide runs out effectually scours the channel at the mouth of the harbour, and prevents the accumulation of sand.

  26. The large lake at the westward of Melcombe-Regis receives at spring tides a vast body of water, which, on its return scours the harbour and prevents the accumulation of sand.

  27. Again uproused, the timorous prey Scours moss and moor, and holt and hill; Hard run, he feels his strength decay, And trusts for life his simple skill.

  28. Mounted on a cycle, and provided with a camera, he scours the country round at week-ends for customers and comes home and does the developing and printing on Sundays.

  29. Below, the tide scours the bottom at every return, and at low tide it is possible to enter from the beach.

  30. Right beneath us is a cavern cut through the solid rock from side to side, and into this the sea scours at its height, the breakers from each end meeting with a shock in the middle.


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