For a moment the three men seemed to square off in some ancient pattern of male rivalry.

With their help we may break the ancient pattern of the Cycles.

This woman and my daughter and the boy are linked in an ancient pattern.

"So much of it fits into wonderful ancient patterns."

There was what looked like a complete missile system, and several racks of small arms that Jalo must have had made to ancient patterns.

This ancient pattern visible at the right is representative of the journey a person makes through life, including obstacles and problems.

They fell into ancient patterns of a wolf pack on hunt.

New designs draw inspiration from ancient patterns on old silk.

Objects which arrived at a given point by chance, through the flow of the river, are organized into a logical, and ancient, pattern.

The ancient patterns have been set; they are changeless.