Haunts Sentence Examples

The crag-martin (Cotyle rupestris) haunts lofty cliffs in the alpine region.

Another of the favourite haunts of the people was the garden of Gray's Inn, where the choicest society was to be met.

In its old haunts in the south it is practically extinct; but ten were reported from a reserve in Zululand in 1902.

He continued the practice, which he had commenced in 1848, of taking with him a small party of undergraduates in vacation time, and working with them in one of his favourite haunts, at Askrigg in Wensleydale, or Tummel Bridge, or later at WestMalvern.

In their native haunts they are extremely timid and wary, and very difficult to approach, being rarely seen out of their burrows in the daytime.

We 've spotted a few celebrity regulars at these haunts.

The skin disease he had contracted in the subterranean haunts was rapidly closing his life; he could only ease his pain by sitting in a warm bath, where he wrote his journal; and accused the Girondins, who were trying to raise France against Paris.

Through this, whistling a tune, we took our way to the haunts of men again.

The writer knows of "a little lassie in green" who is a fairy and, according to the percipients, haunts the banks of the Mukomar pool on the Lochy.

On land, however, whither they resort to breed, they seek food of their own taking, whether small mammals, little birds, insects or berries; but even here their uncommon courage is exhibited, and they will defend their homes and offspring with the utmost spirit against any intruder, repeatedly shooting down on man or dog that invades their haunts, while every bird almost, from an eagle downwards, is repelled by buffets or something worse.

The otter is found in localities suitable to its habits throughout Great Britain and Ireland, though less abundantly than formerly, for, being destructive to fish, it is rarely allowed to live in peace when its haunts are discovered.

The favourite haunts of the wild cat are mountain forests where masses or rocks or cliffs are interspersed with trees, the crevices in these rocks or the hollow trunks of trees affording sites for the wild cat's lair, where its young are produced and reared.

As these waste places have been gradually brought under the plough, in England and Scotland particularly, the haunts and means of subsistence of the linnet have been curtailed, and hence its numbers have undergone a very visible diminution throughout Great Britain.

Harbours and shallows covered with Zostera are likewise favourite haunts of this species, although the water may be brackish.

The memory of Roncesvalles haunts him on his death-bed, and at the moment of death he has a vision of Roland.

Such raids had been rather frequent, the invaders attacking the natives who live under British protection, burning their huts, murdering the men, carrying off the women and children as slaves, and returning to their own haunts laden with booty.

Wallace, who has studied those birds in their native haunts, that they assume the perfect plumage of their sex, which, however, they retain permanently afterwards, and not during the breeding season only as was formerly supposed.

However this may be, Montaigne had difficulty enough during this turbulent period, all the more so from his neighbourhood to the chief haunts and possessions of Henry of Navarre, who actually visited him at Montaigne in 1584.

In 1882 he had another serious illness, with inflammation of the brain; but he recovered sufficiently to travel to his old haunts in France and Italy - his last visit.

Particular sites, rivers, springs, hills, meadows, caves, rocks, trees or groves, are holy and from time immemorial have been so, as the natural homes or haunts of gods or spirits.

As agriculture was their favourite occupation, and as their tendency was to withdraw from the haunts and ordinary interests of mankind, we may assume that with the growing confusion and corruption of Jewish society they felt themselves attracted from the mass of the population to the sparsely peopled districts, till they found a congenial settlement and free scope for their peculiar view of life by the shore of the Dead Sea.

They are solitary birds, frequenting countries possessing extensive swamps and marshy grounds, remaining at rest by day, concealed among the reeds and bushes of their haunts, and seeking their food, which consists of fish, reptiles, insects and small quadrupeds, in the twilight.

It seems scarcely to know fear, obtruding itself on the notice of any traveller who invades its haunts, and, should he halt, making itself at once a denizen of his bivouac. In confinement it speedily becomes friendly, but suitable food for it is not easily found.

In summer they ascend to the limits of perpetual snow, being only exceeded in the loftiness of their haunts by the ibex; and during that season they show their intolerance of heat by choosing such browsing-grounds as have a northern exposure.

With regard to the character of the lion, those who have had opportunities of observing it in its native haunts differ greatly.

As a rule, however, they are so wary and suspicious that they are very difficult to approach, and their haunts are so well stocked with fish and other game that they make off and hide rather than attack a man swimming in their waters.

Sharp, in commenting on this strange behaviour, points out that the host can have no idea why the inquiline haunts her nest.

At high altitudes the mountain plover is found; the dusky grouse haunts the forests above 8000 ft.; the white-tailed ptarmigan is resident in the alpine regions; and on the plains are found the prairie sharp-tailed grouse and the sage-hen.

Through persecution it has been exterminated in all its southern haunts, and is become much scarcer in those to which it still resorts.

In these haunts of learning the new studies took root after the year 1440, chiefly through the influence of travelling professors; Peter Luder and Samuel Karoch.

The elk, carefully preserved, haunts the lonely forests from the Arctic Circle even to the Smaland highlands.

But after the decisive defeats at Le Mans and Savenay, Cottereau retired again to his old haunts in the wood of Misdon, and resumed his old course of guerrilla warfare.

They are timid, defenceless animals, depending for safety on the comparative inaccessibility of their arboreal haunts, and their protective colouring, which is rendered even more effective by their remaining still on the approach of danger.

He is said to have been the first priest of Apollo, his connexion with whom is indicated by his traditional birthplaceLycia or the land of the Hyperboreans, favourite haunts of the god.

Before it could be promulgated, the tidings came of a separatist rising in the old haunts of Creole disaffection near Santiago de Cuba.

As in the case of the hackney, so with the pony, thoroughbred blood has been used, and with good results, except in the case of those animals which have to remain to breed in their native haunts on the hills and moorlands.

We stay at friendly guesthouses, away from the normal tourist haunts.

They tell me that if the fox would remain in the bosom of the frozen earth he would be safe, or if he would run in a straight line away no foxhound could overtake him; but, having left his pursuers far behind, he stops to rest and listen till they come up, and when he runs he circles round to his old haunts, where the hunters await him.

Modeling a strange landscape that haunts him in every pliable medium, he is startled to discover that the landscape is real; a strange geological structure called Devil's Tower, in Wyoming.

The ghost of a house maid supposedly haunts the building.

Yes, she would come by the station with the names of all Arthur's known friends, all the little fairies, as she called them, and the addresses of his favorite haunts.

After 1200 we can find no notice of them in Armenian writers until the 18th century, when they reappear in their old haunts.

The graceful form of their body, the elegance and rapidity of their movements, and the exquisite beauty of their colours have been the admiration of all who have had the good fortune to watch them in their native haunts.

The Aruntas among them are said to have no idea of paternity, but believe that local spirits of tree, rock or stream enter women as they pass by their haunts.

Thus it frequently happens that in our gardens flowers have a beauty and a fragrance, and fruits a size and savour denied to them in their native haunts.

It was from here that the Huns invaded Europe, and when their power collapsed, after the death of Attila, many of them may have returned to their original haunts.

It is often seen on the shores of the Pacific, especially during the rainy season, but its favourite haunts for roosting and breeding are at elevations of 10,000 to 16,000 ft.

Although the favourite haunts of the condor are at the level of perpetual snow, yet it rises to a much greater height, Humboldt having observed it flying over Chimborazo at a height of over 23,000 ft.

Monasticism was momentarily suppressed under Oliver Cromwell, but the Restoration brought the monks back to their old haunts.

Lady Carteret died during childbirth in 1736 and supposedly haunts the corridors looking for her lost love.

In these sections where the water runs faster and is quite weedy in the summer months, lie the haunts of very large barbel.

We've had a great time revisiting old haunts, and exploring new places.

The evening before her departure, she went for a solitary walk, lingering amid all her old favorite haunts.

I personally have been out & about my usual haunts are Lewin Street / White Horse Alley / St Annes Road / Stallard Way.

We've spotted a few celebrity regulars at these haunts.

Having lived in Brighton 30 years sago he wanted to see if he could locate any of his old haunts.

The more level parts of the shores have a fertile soil and produce a variety of crops, including rice, maize, manioc, sweet potatoes, sugar-cane, &c., &c. The waters display an abundance of animal life, crocodiles and hippopotami occurring in the bays and river mouths, which are also the haunts of waterfowl of many kinds.

Later events however, prove him innocent and a revengeful spirit haunts each of the vigilantes with bizarre consequences.

It is a great way to relive student days, revisit old haunts, catch up with old friends and tutors.

The romance was doomed to fail and her tormented spirit haunts the site of her death.

Instead, try local haunts like theatrical stores -- they typically carry stage makeup that's made to last and show up under bright lights and in darkened venues.

In our moist heaths and bogs Parnassia palustris is frequent, and a very pretty plant it is-handsome enough to cultivate in moist spots, where it will grow as in its native haunts.

Websites such as RueLaLa.com, Hautelook.com and ideeli.com are just a few of the more popular haunts, but many more exist.

Make friends with the shop assistants in your favorite local haunts, and tell them to call you when dress deals are available.

Col Jessee Driskill allegedly haunts the top floor.

She died soon after the house was completed, and it is rumored that she haunts the mansion as a way of enjoying the home after death in a way she didn't have the chance to in life.

One of the first groups to investigate this paranormal sighting was local paranormal group G.H.O.U.L.I., which stands for Ghost Haunts of Oklahoma & Urban Legend Investigations.

The airfield features one of the scariest examples of paranormal activity with a presence that haunts the control tower.

Current theory holds that hauntings, or as they are more commonly referred to, residual haunts, are merely a recording of energy that has imprinted itself on a location.

Many are surprised to learn that parapsychologists believe that poltergeists have nothing to do with haunts or dead people.

In South Jersey, it's the tale of the Atco ghost, a small boy who haunts the road on which he was struck and killed by a car many years ago.

Ann Williams-Cox haunts the house looking for her husband who disappeared when he had no more money.

It's true; the state's loaded with famous haunts and ghost stories, and some of them may just surprise you.

You've probably heard of some of these famous haunts in Southern California.

Shoebuy.com is rapidly becoming one of the favorite haunts of serious bargain hunters who want an enormous selection.

The episode created quite a stir of controversy but the Penn State cast found the subject property to be rather mundane compared to other haunts.

His pact with Lea often haunts the wizard because he knows she can command him to obey her as the pact requires.

Two kids plotting against a bully, exploring new haunts, exchanging secrets, making up games and building a club house together.

He tells how, when he had slowly taken in the doctrine of logical figures and moods, he put it aside and would prove things only in his own way; how he then heard about bodies as consisting of matter and form, as throwing off species of themselves for perception, and as moved by sympathies and antipathies, with much else of a like sort, all beyond his comprehension; and how he therefore turned to his old books again, fed his mind on maps and charts of earth and sky, traced the sun in his path, followed Drake and Cavendish girdling the main, and gazed with delight upon pictured haunts of men and wonders of unknown lands.

After wandering about two months through the Celtic region, sometimes in rude boats which did not protect him from the rain, and sometimes on small shaggy ponies which could hardly bear his weight, he returned to his old haunts with a mind full of new images and new theories.

In their native haunts these monkeys go about in troops of considerable size, frequenting the summits of the tall forest-trees, from which they seldom, if ever, descend.

Biographers have delighted to relate how painfully Demosthenes made himself a tolerable speaker, - how, with pebbles in his mouth, he tried his lungs against the waves, how he declaimed as he ran up hill, how he shut himself up in a cell, having first guarded himself against a longing for the haunts of men by shaving one side of his head, how he wrote out Thucydides eight times, how he was derided by the Assembly and encouraged by a judicious actor who met him moping about the Peiraeus.

Its usual haunts are the shallow margins of the larger lakes and rivers, where fishes are plentiful, since it requires for its sustenance a vast supply of them.