fornent
Example Sentences
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I think truly there was not much sleep for Margaret, even as she said, for did not I hear her moving, and I would be thinking of her turning and twisting fornent the image-glass.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
Bonaparte gathered his host fornent the English coast, and the government at London were in terror of their lives for an invasion.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan’in’ in what they ca’ a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk.
From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous
When the door was put ajee, and the furm set fornent the fire, I gave Isaac a dram to keep his heart up on such a cold stormy night.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
By the time you're her age, she'll have a child or two, and'll mebbe be feeling very sorry for herself … and you'll have the world fornent you still!
From The Foolish Lovers by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
