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Example sentences for "wild geese"

  • Suddenly a goose caught sight of him; and as she could not believe that a fox had sneaked in among the geese for any good purpose, she began to cry: "Have a care, wild geese!

  • Nothing can be more dangerous than to fall asleep in this way; and Akka called out all the while: "Don't go to sleep, wild geese!

  • Long-sighted Smirre stood on the mountain's summit and looked down upon the wild geese.

  • Just as happy as the boy had been when the wild geese began to speak, just that miserable was he when they had finished.

  • Suddenly to the "Wild Geese's" surprise, the lower part of the cabin was abandoned by the Hens.

  • Several times during the winter the "Wild Geese" were attacked by the "Wild Hens.

  • Paul had organized a company of choice spirits who were known by the title of the 'Wild Geese'.

  • The "Wild Geese" defended their cabin bravely, but, were driven foot by foot, until they wore compelled to retreat to the loft and draw up the ladder.

  • WILD GEESE I could not stay away entirely that winter.

  • The young Irishmen of that period rushed to France and were called "Wild Geese.

  • Many persons from the Dingle Peninsula about this time went as "Wild Geese" and settled in France.

  • The French pretended they were carrying from Ireland emigrants called the "Wild Geese," i.

  • Even in England she was formerly flown with success at cranes, wild geese, and other large water-fowl; and the old books contain elaborate directions as to stalking these birds "with grey goshawk on hand.

  • Wild geese, wild duck, and wild fowl of various kinds in the same way.

  • Bear, wild geese, duck, and grouse also contribute to their food supply, although the present generation of Hydas are not very successful hunters, seldom penetrating far inland in search of game.

  • The ponds within its borders furnish feeding-grounds for canvasback ducks, redhead, mallard, blackhead and various species of wild geese.

  • It contains several miles of gravel beach, which during the winter season is visited by thousands of wild geese in quest of their indispensable supply of gravel.

  • In the Cromwellian and Williamite wars, we see the mournful mothers and daughters of the Gaeldom passing in sad procession to Connacht, or wailing on Shannon banks for the flight of the "Wild Geese.

  • O'Hart gives a list of sixty descendants of the "Wild Geese" in places of honor in Spain.

  • Regiments ever decimated were ever recruited by the "Wild Geese" from Ireland--the adventurous Catholic youth of the country who sought congenial outlet for their love of adventure and glory.

  • Every pond or lagoon swarmed with wild ducks and wild geese, and hawks and eagles swooped from the air, splashed the water, and then rose again with fish in their talons.

  • They were reluctant even to shoot any of the larger wild animals that wandered through the swamp, and they felt actual pain when they slew the wild ducks and wild geese caught in their snares.

  • Bear the winter off with you, O wild geese dear!

  • A flock of wild geese on the wing is no less than an inspiration.

  • The whistle of curlew, or the honk of wild geese high in the air, seems a greeting out of the clouds from these cosmopolites, to us, sitting rooted to the earth beneath.

  • Wild geese appeared on the 13th of March; and on the 5th of April the snow had entirely disappeared.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    before noted; born near; highly valued; natural body; wild and; wild animals; wild asses; wild beasts; wild bird; wild bull; wild country; wild dogs; wild duck; wild ducks; wild elephant; wild elephants; wild fowl; wild game; wild geese; wild land; wild oats; wild roses; wild species; wild turkey; wild yell; wildlife populations