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Examples
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A queer sadness permeated the house for months after and the old man would suck on the dog-bitten teeth and curse both DeValera's: man and dog.
mad dogs and irishmen James Claffey 2011
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Of a night I see the black powder darkening the silent streets, and the contorted bodies shrouded in that layer; they rise upon me tattered and dog-bitten.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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But I was exhausted and dog-bitten, and so I said, "No."
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But I was exhausted and dog-bitten, and so I said, "No."
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But I was exhausted and dog-bitten, and so I said, "No."
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Of a night I see the black powder darkening the silent streets, and the contorted bodies shrouded in that layer; they rise upon me tattered and dog-bitten.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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The shine had returned to the boy's cheeks, and his dog-bitten arm no longer appeared puffy and stiff.
Hoot Hiaasen, Carl 2002
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At the dog-bitten Swinomish Indian Center near La Conner, there is a forty-foot totem pole the top figure of which is Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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The thought of the fisherman with his dog-bitten face was repulsive to her.
Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912
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Of a night I see the black powder darkening the silent streets, and the contorted bodies shrouded in that layer; they rise upon me tattered and dog-bitten.
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