3 examples of roer in sentences

Y huyeron las mariposas blancas y las libélulas azules, dejando su lugar á los insectos obscuros que venían á roer nuestras fibras y á depositar en nuestro seno sus asquerosas larvas.

roer, to gnaw, consume.

ROERMOND (12), an old Dutch town in Limburg, at the confluence of the Roer and the Meuse, 29 m. N. by E. of Maestricht; has a splendid 13th-century cathedral; manufactures cottons, woollens, &c. ROESKILDE, an interesting old Danish city, situated on a fjord, 20 m. W. by S. of Copenhagen, dates back to the 10th century; has a fine 13th-century cathedral, the burying-place of most of the Danish kings.

3 examples of  roer  in sentences