Sentence Examples

1. It is true there were short and fleeting moments, when the fiery eyes of Magua were seen glittering, like the fabled organs of the basilisk through the dusty wreath by which he was enveloped, and he read by those short and deadly glances the fate of the combat in the presence of his enemies ere, however, any hostile hand could descend on his devoted head, its place was filled by the scowling visage of Chingachgook.
2. Let him who calls me wild beast and basilisk, leave me alone as something noxious and evil let him who calls me ungrateful, withhold his service who calls me wayward, seek not my acquaintance who calls me cruel, pursue me not for this wild beast, this basilisk, this ungrateful, cruel, wayward being has no kind of desire to seek, serve, know, or follow them.
3. But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell full upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror.
4. The image of a snakelike basilisk was imprinted on his breastplate.
5. Cold, glaring eyes met mine as the man stood straight, firelight reflecting off the basilisk carved into his breastplate.
6. Like his soldiers, the red emblem of the coiled basilisk had been etched into his breastplate.