What is "shrews"

Usage examples of "shrews".

The shrews were never still, hopping, jumping, dancing and gabbling on in an unintelligible manner.

The infant pigmy shrews fled, squealing, to hide, wanting the captives to chase them.

As they gathered the little ones up for bed, Martin noticed Amballa and several of the other pigmy shrews watching them carefully lest they became roughpawed or spoke harshly to the babes.

Watched by Amballa and her ever vigilant shrews, the four friends had to carry each Squidjee piggyback fashion down to the sand.

When all the shrews were attending their nets, the Queen turned to Pallum.

Martin bowled the nearest two pigmy shrews over and snatched their fishing net.

The pigmy shrews were getting in her way, ignoring her as they trampled the nets and gazed up.

The Broadstream shrews were odd little creatures, raggledy haired and clad in baggy pantaloons.

Gradually the shrews became silent, turning their attention to the friends as they praised the cake to the skies.

In a very short time they were out in midstream, the shrews poling their canoe shaped treetrunks hard, competing in a race between crews.

They had thankfully left the shrews in a backwater tributary of Broadstream.

Amballa stood at the head of her mighty army of pigmy shrews, and behind them the Warden of Marshwood Hill could be seen stalking among the crowds of Gawtrybe squirrels as they waved their axes eagerly, wanting to play a new game.

Otters, hedgehogs, mice, squirrels, moles and vast numbers of shrews stood surrounding the hill.

Amballa had several of her pigmy shrews drag a large square fishing net to the hill.

Queen Amballa and her pigmy shrews grouped with the big hedgehogs on one side, while Starwort and his otters mingled with the Gawtrybe squirrels.