rutting

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We'd all just be animals rutting, rutting, filthy rutting to pass on our genes.

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  • Weasels are vigorous but much more discreet when rutting, as a rule. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 03 - September 2002
  • Already he was as randy as a rutting bull elephant. —  Loretta Chase - Lord of Scoundrels
  • As you've read here before, I favor changing the early December season to gun hunting, but only because that time frame offers peak rutting or pre-rutting buck activity in most areas of the state.
  • Local radio stations remind listeners to watch out for "rutting" moose at this time of year; apparently they're even more likely to charge in front of your car when they're horny. —  Free State Project - Liberty in Our Lifetime
  • Never one to mince words, Jeremiah decries the ways in which the people of Judah have lusted after false gods like a rutting she-camel in heat (2: 23 / 4). —  Anglican Mainstream
 

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