1 That terrific scandal concerning the Charleston girl he had compromised and the brother he had killed was public property.
2 And what with the standing spectacle of the black terrific Ahab, and the periodical tumultuous visitations of these three savages, Dough-Boy's whole life was one continual lip-quiver.
3 Emboldened by this, the Captain reiterated his demand to the rest, but Steelkilt shouted up to him a terrific hint to stop his babbling and betake himself where he belonged.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story. 4 But a sudden, terrific, downward jerking of the boat, quickly brought his knife to the line.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story. 5 It was a terrific, most pitiable, and maddening sight.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin. 6 With a terrific snap, every fastening went adrift; the ship righted, the carcase sank.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin. 7 This terrific object seemed to recall the whole herd from their stationary fright.
8 Those dogs, she said, went down into the hole after the badger and killed him there in a terrific struggle underground; you could hear the barks and yelps outside.
9 The terrific character of their merciless enemies increased immeasurably the natural horrors of warfare.
10 His body, which was nearly naked, presented a terrific emblem of death, drawn in intermingled colors of white and black.
11 Death was everywhere, and in his most terrific and disgusting aspects.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 12 Their plaintive and terrific cry, which was intended to represent equally the wailings of the dead and the triumph to the victors, had entirely ceased.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23 13 The spectacle now became wildly terrific; the fierce-looking and menacing visages of the chiefs receiving additional power from the appalling strains in which they mingled their guttural tones.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 31 14 The latest straggler had returned from his fell employment, only to strip himself of the terrific emblems of his bloody calling, and to join in the lamentations of his countrymen, as a stricken people.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 33 15 No one seemed to be wrestling with such a terrific personal problem.