Lexicographical Neighbors of Distains
Literary usage of Distains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1828)
"... a purple stream of blood distains the surface of the silver flood; Through
the wide wound the rushing entrails throng, And slow the breathless carcase ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1806)
"... Gasping he rolls, a purple stream of blood distains the surface of the silver
flood; Thro' the wide wound the rushing entrails throng, ..."
3. The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1894)
"Such was his rise, such was his fall, unpraised; A chance-shot sooner took him
than chance raised: His shattered head the fearless Duke distains, ..."
4. I Give You My Word by Françoise Giroud, Claude Glayman (1903)
"... Her hand with gore fell Cruelty distains, And seeks Despair in death to end
his pains. Gestures and nods, that inmost thoughts impart, Illusions silent, ..."
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