They saw the death's-head on the label of the bottle and thought it must be hazardous to one's health to drink it. From LearnThat.org.
Slowly his smile widened to a death's-head rictus. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
He grinned without hurriour, a death's-head grimace. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
The funeral or death's-head ring was buried with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
He lifted his hands and the death's-head fell into them. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
His countenance was the image of a grinning death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
A death's-head plucked the strings of the lute, and sang. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Ye gods! what do I see? what death's-head greets my sight?. From Wordnik.com. [Orestes] Reference
The flag of the death's-head is hoisted in all engagements. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
Dean trotted along behind grinning like an old death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [Dread Brass Shadows]
I mentioned the death's-head ring he wears on his right hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
A dark-bearded warrior with a death's-head grin leapt at him. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
The hieroglyph represents a variant of the death's-head, Cimi. From Wordnik.com. [Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1] Reference
"It is I, Gougeon," he returned, his death's-head face smiling. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Dagenham turned to Presteign and smiled his death's-head smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
His hands were bony claws, his emaciated face a sheer death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 25] Reference
A thin cry slipped out between teeth locked in a death's-head grimace. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
"I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth...". From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare's Insult 15 May 2006] Reference
Wolf was reminded of Suma on his Electra-Glide, grinning like a death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
"It really was one of the very rare death's-head moths?" cried Nan, delighted. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
I reply that the skull, or death's-head, is the well-known emblem of the pirate. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
His eyes fell mechanically on the death's-head ring he wore on his right hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859] Reference
This reflection suggested some meaning — some relevancy — in the death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold-Bug] Reference
The old woman turned to watch him, her eyes widening as her death's-head grin faded. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
As he unwrapped one, he caught sight of what might almost have been Mucor's death's-head grin. From Wordnik.com. [Nightside The Long Sun]
Surprised, Silk looked for her and from her death's-head grin knew who watched through her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
He grinned, a fierce repellent expression that made his face look momentarily like a death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
The following characters were rudely traced, in a red tint, between the death's-head and the goat. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold-Bug] Reference
After the Ahnenerbe expedition he volunteered for the SS-Totenkopfverbande, the death's-head units. From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
The following characters were rudely traced, in a red tint, between the death's-head and the goat. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
The death's-head at the corner diagonally opposite had, in the same manner, the air of a stamp, or seal. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
The death's-head at the corner diagonally opposite, had, in the same manner, the air of a stamp, or seal. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
Hyenas, with their silly laugh and ugly, death's-head faces, could crush ox bones with their powerful jaws. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
You recollect also, that I became quite vexed at you for insisting that my drawing resembled a death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold-Bug] Reference
You recollect, also, that I became quite vexed at you for insisting that my drawing resembled a death's-head. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
He lifted his shrivelled hand, with the death's-head ring on it, and looked at it with a sad sort of complacency. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
And all the while, like a death's-head at the feat, silent and motionless, her own unfortunate boy sat and stared at me across the table. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
A funeral procession, with its black banners, gilt with a death's-head and cross-bones, was passing by, its wavering candles borne by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
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