All 8 Uses
strife
in
The Man of the Forest
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- He who had little to do with the strife of men, and nothing to do with anger, felt his blood grow hot at the cowardly trap laid for an innocent girl.†
Chpt 2 *strife = violent conflict or angry disagreement
- The forest was a place of mystery, but its strife could be read by any eye.†
Chpt 9
- An' there's the life of the forest, the strife of it—how the bear lives, an' the cats, an' the wolves, an' the deer.†
Chpt 9
- Strife!†
Chpt 9
- Well, it's as good an example of fight, of strife, of selfishness, as you will find in the forest," he said.†
Chpt 10
- A moment's silent strife convinced her that no doubt he thought so and no doubt he was right.†
Chpt 12
- Now that he had reached maturity, if through his knowledge of nature's law he had come to see the meaning of the strife of men for existence, for place, for possession, and to hold them in contempt, that was no reason why he should keep himself aloof from them, from some work that was needed in an incomprehensible world.†
Chpt 15
- In those few moments of contending strife Dale was immeasurably removed from that dark gulf of self which had made his winter a nightmare.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(strife) violent conflict or angry disagreement
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)