Ryan is devoted to Attila, his battle-scarred and loyal war dog.
Isabel Allende’s Controversial New Thriller|Jane Ciabattari|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He might have elicited a smile rather than a cringe had he gone to that reliable standby, “to the right of Attila the Hun.”
Analyzing the Political Humor of Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mitt Romney|Mark Katz|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But neither is Attila to be blamed nor Constantine to be praised.
The Eighteen Christian Centuries|James White
At any rate it is fairly certain that Attila was not personally on the scene.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
If Attila was a brigand and Cardinal Mazarin a rogue, are there not princes and ministers who are honest people?
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary|Voltaire
He was a chief from the shores of the Baltic Sea, and had been compelled to follow Attila.
Historical Miniatures|August Strindberg
Unfortunately feathers are, by their nature, most attractive to that greatest destroyer, next to Attila—the moth.
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford
British Dictionary definitions for Attila
Attila
/ (əˈtɪlə) /
noun
?406–453 ad, king of the Huns, who devastated much of the Roman Empire, invaded Gaul in 451 ad, but was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths at Châlons-sur-Marne