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  • noun A female wolf.

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Examples

  • But he was foredoomed, and he went down with the she-wolf tearing savagely at his throat, and with other teeth fixed everywhere upon him, devouring him alive, before ever his last struggles ceased or his last damage had been wrought. 2

    Le Milieu, Le Moment, La Race: Literary Naturalism in Jack London's White Fang 2010

  • He came out of a doze that was half nightmare, to see the red-hued she-wolf before him.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

  • But whatever idea was forming in his mind, was dissipated by the she-wolf, who advanced upon him, sniffed noses with him for a fleeting instant, and then resumed her coy retreat before his renewed advances.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

  • The she-wolf was one leap behind One Ear and holding her own.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

  • Once he awakened, and in an opening in the circle, directly in front of him, he saw the she-wolf gazing at him.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

  • For in that instant the she-wolf leaped sidewise from the trail into the clump of spruce trees and disappeared.

    The She-Wolf 2010

  • But it was jammed beneath the overturned sled, and by the time Henry had helped him to right the load, One Ear and the she-wolf were too close together and the distance too great to risk a shot.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

  • Salander, as lone a she-wolf as you're likely to find, became his lover and saved his life in the first book (and film) of the trilogy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

    Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Marshall Fine 2010

  • The eventual victor is One-Eye, Fang's father, with whom the she-wolf makes a home.

    Le Milieu, Le Moment, La Race: Literary Naturalism in Jack London's White Fang 2010

  • Then the she-wolf sat down, pointed her nose at a star, and began to howl.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

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