Use "raven" in a sentence

1. We perched on purple plastic chairs and peered through the spaces in the flooring at the shags and ravens flying through the air below us

2. we forget that he lived in a cave while waiting for the ravens to

3. Before Ravens could feed Elijah, he had to be in a

4. Thieves like that are like ravens – once they’ve

5. whatever death his tortured thoughts produced, to have her entrails studied before he savored them, to have the few scraps that he didn’t eat tossed out for the ravens, to have to bear the fear of it for weeks, until he settled on a pleasing method… it was unmercifully cruel for the Fates to spin such a bitter end to her hard life

6. ‘It IS the same thing with you,’ said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn’t much

7. Marching on we passed other groups old men and children and women dressed all in black looking like a coven of ravens watching us as we went by they had pinched and sallow faces and looked like they had the weight of the world on their shoulders

8. Crows and ravens had gathered on the fields, thousands of them feeding on demon carcasses

9. 4 And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there

10. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook

11. 9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry

12. The eye which mocks his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and

13. Led by Seagull, the ravens fought bravely and finally drove the dogs off, but they were all wounded and the fever found them and took four of them including the great warrior Seagull

14. She turned her head to see five ravens after them, low to the ground

15. On the wagon, Nicolas and the Major ducked and spun and slashed as the ravens flung themselves toward them

16. From the corners of her eyes she could see the brightly painted wagons and blurred motion as the Gypsies battled the ravens who had once more descended on them

17. The still-living ravens had withdrawn once again

18. Hounds and ravens and bloody injustice could not be the stuff of reality

19. 24 Yes, also the ravens ministered to Elijah, bearing him food, as they had been

20. Maggie shut her eyes as thoughts of the unearthly hound and the ravens washed over her

21. The ravens and the hound both had carried it with them

22. And they began to bring out beasts of the field and birds, so that there arose different genera: lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild boars, foxes, squirrels, pigs, falcons, vultures, kites, eagles, and ravens; and among them was born a white bull; And they began to bite one another; but that white bull which was born among them begot a wild ass and a white bull with it, and the wild asses multiplied; But that bull which was born from him begot a black wild boar and a white sheep; and the former begot many boars, but that sheep begot twelve sheep; And when those twelve sheep had grown, they gave up one of them to the asses, and those asses again gave up that sheep to the wolves, and that sheep grew up among the wolves; And the Lord brought the eleven sheep to live with it and to pasture with it among the wolves, and they multiplied and became many flocks of sheep; And the wolves began to fear them, and they oppressed them until they destroyed their little ones, and they throw their young into a river of much water, but those sheep began to cry aloud on account of their little ones, and to complain to their Lord; And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to the wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried, and begged their Lord with all their might, till that Lord of the sheep descended at the voice of the sheep from a lofty abode, and came to them and pastured them; And He called that sheep which had escaped the wolves, and spoke with it concerning the wolves that it should admonish them not to touch the sheep; And the sheep went to the wolves according to the word of the Lord, and another sheep met it and went with it, and the two went and entered together into the assembly of those wolves, and spoke with them and admonished them not to touch the sheep from from now on; And thereon I saw the wolves, and how they oppressed the sheep exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried aloud; And the Lord came to the sheep and they began to strike those wolves, and the wolves began to make lamentation; but the sheep became quiet and immediately ceased to cry out; And I saw the sheep till they departed from among the wolves; but the eyes of the wolves were blinded, and those wolves departed in pursuit of the sheep with all their power; And the Lord of the sheep went with them, as their leader, and all His sheep followed Him, and his face was dazzling and glorious and aweful to see; But the wolves began to pursue those sheep till they reached a sea of water; And that sea was divided, and the water stood on this side and on that before their face, and their Lord led them and placed Himself between them and the wolves; And as those wolves did not yet see the sheep, they proceeded into the midst of that sea, and the wolves followed the sheep, and those wolves ran after them into that sea; And when they saw the Lord of the sheep, they turned to flee before His face, but that sea gathered itself together, and became as it had been created, and the water swelled and rose till it covered those wolves; And I saw till all the wolves who pursued those sheep perished and were drowned

23. And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing of the sheep, and they severally completed their periods as did the first; and others received them into their hands, to pasture them for their period, each shepherd in his own period; And after that I saw in my vision all the birds of Heaven coming, the eagles, the vultures, the kites, the ravens; but the eagles led all the birds; and they began to devour those sheep, and to pick out their eyes and to devour their flesh; And the sheep cried out because their flesh was being devoured by the birds, and as for me I looked and lamented in my sleep over that shepherd who pastured the sheep; And I saw until those sheep were devoured by the dogs and eagles and kites, and they left neither flesh nor skin nor sinew remaining on them till only their bones stood there, and their bones too fell to the Earth and the sheep became few; And I saw until that twenty three had undertaken the pasturing and completed in their several periods fifty-eight times

24. Yes, they cried to them, but they did not listen to what they said to 8 them, but were exceedingly deaf, and their eyes were very exceedingly blinded; And I saw in the vision how the ravens flew on those lambs and took one of those lambs, and dashed the sheep in pieces and devoured them; And I saw till horns grew on those lambs, and the ravens throw down their horns; and I saw till there sprouted a great horn of one of those sheep, and their eyes were opened; And it looked at them and their eyes opened, and it cried to the sheep, and the rams saw it and all ran to it; And notwithstanding all this those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites still kept tearing the sheep and swooping down on them and devouring them: still the sheep remained silent, but the rams lamented and cried out; And those ravens fought and battled with it and sought to lay low its horn, but they had no power over it

25. And I saw till the shepherds and eagles and those vultures and kites came, and they cried to the ravens that they should break the horn of that ram, and they battled and fought with it, and it battled with them and cried that its help might come

26. All the eagles and vultures and ravens and kites were gathered together, and there came with them all the sheep of the field, yes, they all came together, and helped each other to break that horn of the ram; And I saw till a great sword was given to the sheep, and the sheep proceeded against all the beasts of the field to kill them, and all the beasts and the birds of the Heaven fled before their face

27. And they began to bring out beasts of the field and birds so that there arose different genera: lions tigers wolves dogs hyenas wild boars foxes squirrels pigs falcons vultures kites eagles and ravens; and among them was born a white bull; And they began to bite one another; but that white bull which was born among them begot a wild ass and a white bull with it and the wild asses multiplied; But that bull which was born from him begot a black wild boar and a white sheep; and the former begot many boars but that sheep begot twelve sheep; And when those twelve sheep had grown they gave up one of them to the asses and those asses again gave up that sheep to the wolves and that sheep grew up among the wolves; And the Lord brought the eleven sheep to live with it and to pasture with it among the wolves and they multiplied and became many flocks of sheep; And the wolves began to fear them and they oppressed them until they destroyed their little ones and they throw their young into a river of much water but those sheep began to cry aloud on account of their little ones and to complain to their Lord; And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to the wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried and begged their Lord with all their might till that Lord of the sheep descended at the voice of the sheep from a lofty abode and came to them and pastured them; And He called that sheep which had escaped the wolves and spoke with it concerning the wolves that it should admonish them not to touch the sheep; And the sheep went to the wolves according to the word of the Lord and another sheep met it and went with it and the two went and entered together into the assembly of those wolves and spoke with them and admonished them not to touch the sheep from from now on; And thereon I saw the wolves and how they oppressed the sheep exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried aloud; And the Lord came to the sheep and they began to strike those wolves and the wolves began to make lamentation; but the sheep became quiet and immediately ceased to cry out; And I saw the sheep till they departed from among the wolves; but the eyes of the wolves were blinded and those wolves departed in pursuit of the sheep with all their power; And the Lord of the sheep went with them as their leader and all His sheep followed Him and his face was dazzling and glorious and aweful to see; But the wolves began to pursue those sheep till they reached a sea of water; And that sea was divided and the water stood on this side and on that before their face and their Lord led them and placed Himself between them and the wolves; And as those wolves did not yet see the sheep they proceeded into the midst of that sea and the wolves followed the sheep and those wolves ran after them into that sea; And when they saw the Lord of the sheep they turned to flee before His face but that sea gathered itself together and became as it had been created and the water swelled and rose till it covered those wolves; And I saw till all the wolves who pursued those sheep perished and were drowned

28. And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing of the sheep and they severally completed their periods as did the first; and others received them into their hands to pasture them for their period each shepherd in his own period; And after that I saw in my vision all the birds of Heaven coming the eagles the vultures the kites the ravens; but the eagles led all the birds; and they began to devour those sheep and to pick out their eyes and to devour their flesh; And the sheep cried out because their flesh was being devoured by the birds and as for me I looked and lamented in my sleep over that shepherd who pastured the sheep; And I saw until those sheep were devoured by the dogs and eagles and kites and they left neither flesh nor skin nor sinew remaining on them till only their bones stood there and their bones too fell to the Earth and the sheep became few; And I saw until that twenty three had undertaken the pasturing and completed in their several periods fifty-eight times

29. Yes they cried to them but they did not listen to what they said to 8 them but were exceedingly deaf and their eyes were very exceedingly blinded; And I saw in the vision how the ravens flew on those lambs and took one of those lambs and dashed the sheep in pieces and devoured them; And I saw till horns grew on those lambs and the ravens throw down their horns; and I saw till there sprouted a great horn of one of those sheep and their eyes were opened; And it looked at them and their eyes opened and it cried to the sheep and the rams saw it and all ran to it; And notwithstanding all this those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites still kept tearing the sheep and swooping down on them and devouring them: still the sheep remained silent but the rams lamented and cried out; And those ravens fought and battled with it and sought to lay low its horn but they had no power over it

30. And I saw till the shepherds and eagles and those vultures and kites came and they cried to the ravens that they should break the horn of that ram and they battled and fought with it and it battled with them and cried that its help might come

31. All the eagles and vultures and ravens and kites were gathered together and there came with them all the sheep of the field yes they all came together and helped each other to break that horn of the ram; And I saw till a great sword was given to the sheep and the sheep proceeded against all the beasts of the field to kill them and all the beasts and the birds of the Heaven fled before their face

32. 24 Yes also the ravens ministered to Elijah bearing him food as they had been commanded

33. In his hands the mind-cane lurched, and the memory of his journey to Gathandria flooded his thought: the mountain; the wild dogs; the path to the air-kingdom where the ravens dwelt

34. Their fierceness clutched and tore at his skin like the beaks of ravens, or one raven, had once done, and his cries, real now, mingled with his father’s

35. A rich autumn night, heavy with the sound of the night ravens in the sky and small animals burrowing underneath the soil

36. Does he sense something in spite of her best efforts? And if so, what? Before he can ask any questions, a white flurry of ravens begins to wheel and dance in the skies

37. Without waiting for an answer, Johan begins to make his way towards the flock of resting ravens

38. This time the single word was reinforced in the mind by the echo of his fellow ravens

39. The vast flock of ravens, his friends—if he could call them that

40. One of the ravens was perched nearby, its feathers glowing silver in the darkness

41. n the morning—I mean when the ravens return—I would like to name the boy

42. The leader, the one who had tested him, was the last to arrive, taking his place at the head of the semicircle the ravens had formed around the little group

43. Only the ravens kept their silence

44. “Keep us from all harm,” he whispered, and felt the startled gaze of his two companions on his neck, the faint stirring of the ravens

45. The ravens will be able to hold him for a while, but their strength will not last forever

46. The crying of the ravens, the howling of the wind and, last but most satisfying of all, the shriek of wild hawks on the hunt

47. The next heartbeat, his cry is cut off as the ravens cover both him and Tregannon

48. So still he wondered, indeed fretted, about what the ravens might have done to him

49. Ravens were useful to navigation

50. The red-beaked ravens stood

51. The ravens released their hold, wings brushing against his skin as they folded them home

52. The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly and he thought to himself saying: What shall I do because I have no room where to store my fruits? and he said: This is what I will do; I will pull down my barns and build greater ones and there I will store all my fruits and my goods and I will say to my soul: Soul you have many goods laid up for many years; take your rest eat drink and be merry; but God said to him: You fool this night your soul shall be required of you; Who then shall own those things be which you have provided? such is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich for God; therefore I say to you take no hold of thoughts of your life of what you shall eat; neither for the body what you shall put on; Life is more than meat and the body is more than clothing; consider the ravens because they neither sow nor reap which do not have store houses nor barns and God feeds them; how much more are you better than the birds! and who of you by thinking can add one cubit to his height? If you then are not able to do that thing which is least why think of doing the other? consider the lilies how they grow; they do not toil; they do not spin and yet I say to you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these; If God then so clothes the grass which is in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace how much better He will clothe you O you of little faith? and do not seek what you shall eat or what you shall drink neither be of a doubtful mind because all these things the nations of the world seek after and your Father knows that you have need of these things;

53. Your hair is one of her signs, the color of her ravens

54. I heard the ravens in the distant trees

55. I sketched three ravens as I saw them on the outside of the bowl

56. It was the size of a large grapefruit with three ravens engraved on the outside

57. “Aye, ravens roost in the trees on those hills

58. Like the ravens in the Tower of London

59. We say our town will have ill luck if the ravens don’t come back every year

60. He looked up at the tree filled with ravens and then back down at me

61. Under the tree was the fox that had followed us from the king’s fort, and the tree was filled with my ravens

62. When you are tempted to doubt the sureness of your bread, consider the ravens; they sow not neither reap, they have no storehouses or barns, and yet the Father provides food for every one of them that seeks it

63. He surreptitiously felt of a scar beneath his jupon, and remembered ravens that cawed on the trail of a fugitive; remembered the body of his squire, Arideus, brought back from the border mountains horribly mangled, by a great gray wolf, his terrified soldiers said

64. the ravens, it was too late

65. Kristin took one more look above the tree line before entering, and the ravens were flying

66. The ravens didn’t bother Kristin but seem to be

67. what she saw in the glen and how the ravens came and already had revenged her death

68. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no

69. The ship was a stupendous sight, eighty feet in length, the largest boat that had ever been seen in these waters, surely an artefact of the gods, this made it slightly longer than Coatl’s original Raven, the twelve foot high prow was surmounted by a large intricately carved black ravens head, along both sides of the longship decorated shields protected the rowers benches from the splashing sea, the mast was set just forward of the centre and the great steering board was located on the right hand side near the ten foot high stern, Coatl said this side of the boat was called the starboard side and the left hand side not having a board was called the port side because not having a board to foul the pier you tied the boat with the port side to the land, a raised platform allowed the crew to handle the steering board, this raised platform could be also used as a vantage point for ten archers in the event of attack, and it allowed room underneath for the captain and the officers to sleep and maintain control of the steering, a similar platform at the bow allowed the crew the same shared accommodation

70. He explained this was to be the Ravens final sea-trial and we would be calling in at six or seven fishing settlements on the way

71. Coatl and his crew then went aboard the Raven, several minutes later she slid into the water, everyone of the thousands of spectators cheered and wished them good luck as Coatl set the Ravens sail, steering towards the north

72. rude ravens and soaring seagulls that were selling

73. Within that length of frozen water were six ravens trapped in flight

74. And the ravens imprisoned knew it was wrong to pine for freedom

75. They passed a tapestry hanging on the wall; it was of three ravens flying across a rugged coastline

76. This time the deck stopped on a picture card of a tall I tower with three ravens flying around it

77. off ranting wildmen hillstruck pill plucking ravens hair again- nothing to dedicate this

78. Goshawks and grey ravens flew around the pitched ceiling

79. Once in a while, a few ravens squawked, causing her to jump, but never was there a Viking to be seen

80. Their thick burgundy wool tunics all had black embroidered ravens on them and on their heads, they wore simple iron helmets that covered their ears and necks

81. Ravens were perched on

82. Squadrons of eagles, ravens and falcons dotted the clouds

83. There are no ravens in sight

84. Not that the ravens of another age and the eagles of a different climate--he had taken as his text that passage, or rather portion of a passage--he described it as remarkable--in the Proverbs: "The ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it"--were likely ever miraculously to appear in Redchester, though even on that point the Bishop held that nothing was certain; but there were, he explained, spiritual ravens and eagles provided by an all-merciful Providence for latter-day requirements whose work was even more thorough and destructive

85. “Raziel claimed that some hunters could transform into ravens

86. History claims that some of them have been able to turn themselves into ravens, but it's probably just all stories and tall tales

87. “Perhaps Waldron ravens are capable of producing venom that is harmful to my kind

88. But when he looks up at the shadows of the trees he sees only common ravens, not Odin’s messengers

89. The humans had spoken to Hoenir and Odin at length, and then Loki had been sent home under the watchful eyes of Huginn and Munnin, Odin’s ravens

90. His dreams were full of hideous crones with black cats and ravens

91. But one thing is certain: in Alaska tracking dogs are as rare as white ravens

92. Thou coverest the heavens with clouds, and preparest rain for the earth, and makest grass to grow upon the mountains: Thou givest to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry

93. You mean the way ravens and crows actually live; is because of what is inside them? Duh

94. Drive out the crows and ravens from where you live: and you will be attacked by falcons and eagles

95. They do not care that most of the habitats of living birds are being destroyed by humans: as long as the habitats of the gang-birds… the black gang birds… of crows and ravens and robins and jays are kept