Use "ogres" in a sentence

1. The first are the ogres, of which there are perhaps two million, the second are a race of insects whose name translates as The Swarm

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2. That is before I count my fresh troops in Venak, or my eleven million ogres, or several hundred thousand hives of the Swarm that I have under my command

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3. And most of his dragons will be very young and very small, with barely enough intelligence to speak! His ogres and hives of the Swarm are worrying, but if he speaks the truth, their comparative numbers are minimal

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4. It was there that they first faced trolls, ogres, and the Swarm

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5. They learned the hard way that while trolls and ogres were of the same race and could interbreed, they generally would not do so, and the two groups were more distinct from each other that polar elves were from tropical elves

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6. Ogres weighed as much as an average unicorn and came equipped with skin that was tougher than gargoyle hide, and they were capable of fighting with almost undiminished capacity after sustaining wounds that would reduce most warriors to thrashing and screaming

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7. Ogres smell worse

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8. Trolls and ogres were emerging into the clearing, forced into view by the rough shoving of those arriving behind them, and the crowd of them shook the bushes and trees around them while filling the air with guttural snarling

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9. A minute later a harsh boom was heard, triggering the trolls and ogres to snarl and growl even louder as they looked behind them

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10. Those who were slow to do so were shoved out of the way, and a five meter tall troll emerged into the clearing, accompanied by two six meter ogres, all three carrying massive clubs made from tree trunks thirty centimeters thick and about three meters long, smoothed at the handle and chipped and cracked at the business end from long use

11. This seemed to surprise the big troll a bit, then he growled and shoved one of his ogres forward

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12. Then trolls and ogres were surging forward, and Talia turned to her party

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13. Soon trolls and ogres were streaming out of the preserve by the dozens

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14. Those who were slow to do so were shoved out of the way, and a fourteen foot tall troll emerged into the clearing, accompanied by two eighteen foot ogres, all three carrying massive clubs made from tree trunks a foot thick and eight or nine feet long, smoothed at the handle and chipped and cracked at the business end from long use

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15. The strength of the powerful ogres was too much for them and they were knocked aside before Smithforge could fuse his barrier in its rightful place

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16. They are sure to be confronted by the ogres and minotaurs in a matter of hours

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17. The archway was in fact a pair of grotesque statues of two ogres standing over the river, joining hands at the top as they squabbled over some prize which was no longer there

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18. “Sorid used to say ogres turn to stone in daylight,” Jai replied

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19. As they passed underneath the arch of the ogres, Jai held the abandoned swing out of Ceder’s way—a gentleman holding the door open for his lady

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20. Two green ogres eyeballed the boat covetously as it made its way toward them

21. Behind the ogres a sea of rolling dunes sparkled with the gold that was stowed under the sands

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22. Half mythical and altogether horrible, these apes were the goblins of Hyborian legendry, and were in reality ogres of the natural world, cannibals and murderers of the nighted forests

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23. Varek knew that not only the fairies but the centaurs, wood nymphs, and ogres were prepared to fight, as well

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24. It was strange that they didn’t just come out and ask, Are you turning into a monster? But on the other hand, what if they believed he was telling the truth and was not undergoing odd transformations? How would an ordinary twelve-year-old boy take to a question like that, if he really knew nothing of dragons, manticores, ogres and faeries?

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25. But they weren’t ogres

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26. Morinda agreed and the two women and two ogres walked out

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27. At the home of Kent Koperski, the ogres and the women

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28. ogres stood next to the closed garage door closest to the front door of

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29. ogres standing next to the garage door

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30. The Oogie- still wrapping itself tightly around the Ogres face, trying to keep the advantage- saw the Ogres hands and, with eyes wide- watched what had once been the Ogres fingernails begin pushing themselves out from each finger into very long, sharp, pointed knives

31. The Oogie- realizing that it was loosing its grip and fearing that it was badly hurt- instantly unwrapped itself from the Ogres head

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32. Quickly, using all the force it could muster- the Oogie hurled the ball of light directly into the Ogres face

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33. Just as the Ogre opened its eyes, the ball of light hit its face and exploded, causing such a blinding flash that the Ogres eyes seemed to be on fire- it couldn’t see a thing

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34. At the exact moment that it hurled the ball of light into the Ogres eyes, the Oogie made itself invisible again

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35. Each time that the Oogie’s foot connected, the Oogie heard a whooooooshing sound escape from the Ogres lungs

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36. Using all its force, the Oogie smashed its elbow into the back of the Ogres neck, instantly dropping the Ogre onto its stomach

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37. The Oogie, baited by the Ogres calling it a coward, stopped using its magic to be invisible

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38. The Ogres head slowly began to clear

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39. When the Ogres eyes cleared, there- standing only a few feet away, was the Oogie

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40. The Ogres once defiant grin quickly changed into a grimace of fear, its green eyes still locked onto the Oogie’s red ones as it watched the Oogie growing taller and taller, already towering so high above that the Ogre felt as small as an ant next to a mountain

41. The Oogie snapped its fingers, and a set of chains linked to very thick bracelets suddenly materialized at the Ogres feet

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42. “I know what you’re thinking- but you are most sadly mistaken!” the Oogie said, doing a bit of smiling itself as it wrapped the bracelets around the Ogres wrists and twisted the keys to lock them

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43. Those less educated about the species refer to them as ogres

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44. The military sieges, the ogres

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45. They had started off well enough, in spite of some resistance from cities like Thorncut and Dalandaniss, as well as an obvious reluctance by O'Connor towards using the ogres as a means to deter those foolhardy enough to oppress his ideals

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46. What O'Connor had failed to observe--or had declined to observe--was that it had been he, Cambridge, encroaching upon the region of the ogres, not the other way about

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47. And once the portal was open, the ogres poured through it in droves, howling out with delight at the smell and the taste and the vista of a new world

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48. The ogres had gone on to take the region by storm

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49. The ogres had pounded through its breezy outskirts of orchards and milk farms as its occupants dreamed in their beds

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50. By that time the ogres had already laid siege in the streets

51. From Rudgard, the ogres had made their way over the hills, following their noses to a larger city where ships were built for travel across the Yeetahtan, named Havencourt

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52. Cambridge answered from his podium in front of the water with sternness and compassion in equal measure, never realizing that later on that same evening--in a matter of two hours, to be precise--his army in Dalandaniss would be attacked and slaughtered by the ogres

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53. For you the ogres will always be something of a sow's ear for a silk purse, and now that our army in Dalandaniss is slaughtered you feel vindicated

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54. Yet blood or no blood, Cambridge suddenly knew that his decision to bring the ogres into the region had been a wise one

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55. That left just one other person with the knowledge and the capability to cast the ogres back into their own region, when the time came

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56. Ogres running amok in the wrong region is news, brother dearest

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57. Worse, it was red, like the blood the ogres were spilling everywhere

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58. Perhaps the idea of using the ogres as fear-mongerers had been a poor one after all

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59. Starting over--calling the ogres off, regathering his troops--seemed like a rash and impulsive act

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60. The ogres too

61. It looked like one of the ogres had taken a very large bite out of her torso

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62. The idea of anybody controlling the ogres, though, seemed too ridiculous to consider

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63. "We still don't know where Cambridge was at when he brought the ogres across in the first place

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64. "And even if I can't stop him," she plowed on, "I need to at least find out where he was when he summoned the ogres

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65. "But it'll never hold against those ogres!"

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66. Their reasoning, from what Darren was able to learn, was that the ogres should be hunted down and killed like the menace they were

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67. Let the ogres go back where they came from

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68. The ogres don’t feel it

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69. But where, according to this newfound information from Cambridge, would that lead the ogres?

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70. Under these circumstances, what did trial and error mean? What if she were able to open the interstice long enough to get the ogres in front of it, but not long enough to get them through? That would leave nine-hundred of the beasts together in one place

71. You will open the interstice so that the ogres may return to their own region

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72. She was still lying on the blanket, still holding the interstice open, but there were ogres running everywhere in groups of ten, twenty, thirty

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73. Feeling like one of the ogres, Scott knelt and with just three blows broke Randy's skull into pieces

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74. She had sent her daughter over to a region of ogres and vampires, because doubtless she had seen the very same things in her that Trixie had

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75. Yet blood or no blood, Cambridge suddenly knew--really knew--that his decision to bring the ogres into the region had been a wise one

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