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Lorel

Lorel \Lor"el\, n. [?. Cf. Losel.] A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Usage examples of "lorel".

When I had learned of the man with whom Lorel had eloped, I was caught in an emotion so deep, in a pain and rage so encompassing, it had carried me forward on this desperate journey.

Perhaps I had arrived in time to show Lorel the truth, to free her from this monster.

Admittedly, the tales I had heard of Bluebeard warred with the image of the elegant gentleman sitting before me, but I could not discount my belief that he would soon grow tired of Lorel and that death would befall her as had his previous wives.

Here lorel still bore its fruit in patches, the latest generation of the unbroken line from earliest times.

As Lorel fed him she looked down, pursing her lips, at the swollen cheeks and eyes and ears, where countless insect bites had caused blood to flow and mat beneath his collar.

He had accepted more soup from Lorel, and a warmed leg of snow rabbit.

And Lorel secretively tended Yuli, feeding him, bathing his face, smoothing his thick hair, hugging him.

I know an old trapper woman called Lorel, not many days journeying north from here, who will allow us shelter while we grow used to the cold.