She found a leech on her leg after crossing the river in the jungle. From LearnThat.org.
He saps their intelligence from them like a brain leech. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush and Merkel, united against stem cell research.] Reference
Some ran to call a leech; and some ran to lift the slain. From Wordnik.com. [Lays of Ancient Rome] Reference
Rustem exerted every muscle to shake off his opponent; but the leech was the stronger, for the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of the Nile — Complete] Reference
A leech was the only forensic evidence found at a Tasmanian crime scene - but was still enough for a world-first conviction. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference
Are we really to believe what this "leech" of an ex-boyfriend says?. From Wordnik.com. [Johnston says Palin lost his vote] Reference
A leech is a parasite, so calling him a parasitic leech is a redundancy. by. From Wordnik.com. [Joe the Plumber-- the Parasitic Leech] Reference
Croaker said, "If you're like some kind of leech or something, how come Kina hasn't tried to get rid of you?". From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
A Centaur called Cloudbirth, a famous healer, or (as Orruns called it) a 'leech', was coming to see to his burnt foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Chair]
The bow is thickened towards the middle, so as to assume the "leech" shape, or it is hollowed out underneath, into the "boat" form. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
That is why most smarter surfers "leech" the news directly from these providers – not from the recyclers like CNN or any newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [2008 June | ultraorange.net] Reference
` O leech is come, an leech is gane. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Thomas Stuart] Reference
A lesser known use of the leech is the strengthening and enlargment of the male organ. From Wordnik.com. [gimcrack hospital (PG)] Reference
Several have tell-tale blood spots on their legs, and one has a leech which is still attached. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
If he is to "leech" from society, there must be zero impact on the individuals who disagree with him. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
The word came along the yard from the bunt to "leech" it up, and we leant over and caught the leech and pulled it on the yard. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Notebook] Reference
We were much plagued by a small kind of leech, which dropped on us from the leaves of the trees, and got withinside our clothes. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
"leech" and enlisting his mother to get Catelyn to move out of his house. From Wordnik.com. [EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines] Reference
But let’s not equate this kind of leech with the working poor, inasmuch as they actually DO work for a living. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Celebrate Christmas By Raising Minimum Wage] Reference
"leech" all the links from a html document - links to downloadable files, other html files, images, applets, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
Then the idler is a leech on himself -- his own despoiler. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Mourning the print dictionary is like mourning the end of leech usage. From Wordnik.com. [Are You a Bridezilla? Check the OED] Reference
She was however, an emotional leech feeding off of making her family suffer. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Dead, Once Mourned] Reference
He tried to shake her off, untwist her hands; she clung to him like a leech. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
So that Sir Geraint should die, he commanded that no leech should be sent for. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Or, more specifically, it may very well leech every iota of joy from my existence. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa Lafsky: In Defense of Having Children] Reference
"An the leech let her in, he'd soon have to let the patient out," spoke up a gallant. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The medicinal leech, was, however, once pretty common in the lakes and pools of the north of England. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
"Is the leech used to bleed people when they are ill ever found in the ponds of this country?" asked Willy. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Bullets of blood on your forehead, oh how the scalp will leech into a collar, red circle of love around your neck. From Wordnik.com. [THE PERFECT KIND OF HAPPY] Reference
Yet he stuck to his subject like a leech, -- as if it had been one in which he had an engrossing personal interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The poet Wordsworth introduces us to an old leech-gatherer lamenting the scarcity of the animals in the following lines. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Rightly so: Mourning the death of the printed OED is like mourning the end of leech usage after the advent of modern medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Are You a Bridezilla? Check the OED] Reference
Scientists harnessed the powerful anticoagulant properties of leech saliva to develop the blood-thinning drug lepirudin (Refludan). From Wordnik.com. [Some animal venom can boost health] Reference
Mr. Frith tells of Mulready's indignation at leech's drawing -- not at the caricature itself, but at the leech in a bottle, by which the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
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