She had often read of smiles being described as wolfish, but this was the first time she had ever seen one. From Wordnik.com. [A Time to Dream]
He looked very tdridly, like some kind of wolfish grandfather figure. From Wordnik.com. [In Alien Hands]
His eyes were wolfish when he saw the gruel, however. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Max Rostoff leaned forward, his wolfish face very serious. From Wordnik.com. [Medal of Honor] Reference
"All whom we arrested wore the same general wolfish aspect.". From Wordnik.com. [The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details] Reference
The men were all wolfish grins and glittering eyes, predatory. From Wordnik.com. [Small Victory: the realm of pawns] Reference
The girls were not in the least scared by the wolfish concert. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
His nostrils twitched and his lip lifted in his wolfish smile. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
In astonishment and pity we watched them at their wolfish meal. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century] Reference
My eyes glittered with a wolfish greed, but I restrained myself. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
A wolfish growl and two of the Tatars swung over, started down to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
In direct antithesis to this wolfish feeding were the manners of Oliver. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
We weren't used to be confined in a place, and it made us right-down wolfish. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
Only a wolfish appetite had driven her indoors when she smelled the pork frying. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
I imagine at once that he must be dreaming of the old hag and her wolfish shadow. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
All of them recognized the horse's graceful head and the rider's wolfish profile. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
His bloodshot eyes were narrowed to slits, his lips drawn back in a wolfish snarl. From Wordnik.com. [Shelled by an Unseen Foe] Reference
It did help me a little to receive wolfish glances from a splay-kneed man in khakis. From Wordnik.com. [Heavenly Blue Morning Glory] Reference
Jason intercepted the wolfish grin bestowed on Roslynn that had her cheeks blooming. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
"You're not going to get a complete inspection, Buster," he said with a wolfish grin. From Wordnik.com. [By Proxy] Reference
"I just can't look at those baking-powder biscuits without grabbing one; I'm that wolfish.". From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
I rose, and I think that the hate in my face must have been wolfish, for the man drew back. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
John Viking gave his wolfish smile, and said, 'No car on earth could keep up with us today.'. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
We are like Red Riding-Hood when she drew back the bed-curtains and saw the wolfish countenance. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
I walked about with a wolfish startled glance, scanning the ground eagerly, as if expecting Mother. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
As a matter of fact this original wolfish attitude of nations is already obsolete, if it ever existed. From Wordnik.com. [The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade] Reference
At such times there was a greedy, wolfish expression in his glittering eyes, and his hands worked nervously. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
He made no reply, but turned such a wolfish look upon me that I hastily told him to dive into my cell -- No. 11. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
She bit her under lip till her white teeth left a vivid mark on it as I spoke, and then with an outbreak of wolfish fury. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Few loved him, for he was never cheery nor very friendly, and ever seemed to sneer with his thin lips and his cold wolfish eyes. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
The bailiff, a wolfish-looking creature, who was always to be had for drink, also sat there trailing his vast loose moustache over a table. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making] Reference
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