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单词 banshee
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  • He even believed,—or thought he believed,— in banshees.
  • He marched his men up, with the thin wailing of a banshee in his ears.
  • Long and lamentable, as the warning cry of the banshee, wailed the dreary blast.
  • The west wind with an awful wail and roar rushed into the shack, carrying with it the fairies and the gnomes and the sprites and the banshees.
  • Then Polly sewed, and told a story about a beautiful maiden in a lonely tower, and an old banshee that went about nights, howling, and knocking at folks' windows.
  • There was a shrill scream from the banshee.

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I might call him abansheebecause abansheeis a very aristocratic ghost in a lot of cases.
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Will he explain whether the excellentbansheesiren system which has been tested recently will be purely a fire alarm or will have a wider significance?
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The first banshees seen were female elves that have returned from the dead in this form.
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In later versions, thebansheemight appear before the death and warn the family by wailing.
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Bansheesurvives the attack and recuperates in the hospital.
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Some of the members of the party consider it to be a ghost orbanshee.
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It is thought that from this myth comes the idea that the wailing of numerous banshees signifies the death of a great person.
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When he refuses to leave her alone, herbansheescream virtually disintegrates him.
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Alleged sightings of banshees have been reported as recently as 1948.
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Abansheeis believed to wander this area and the surrounding marshland.
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Seebanshee.; sleveen, sleiveen: (from "slghbhn/slbhn") an untrustworthy or cunning person.
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It was only due to her unrequited love that she was hovering as abansheeso far, she explains.
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A bony arm protrudes from a crypt with a wine glass in its hand, while banshees ride bicycles in the distance.
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He was also behind thebanshee, which was only a hologram.
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Much like abanshee, the sound of a raven mocker means that someone will soon die.
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