bort

Example Sentences

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“When my father said daay bort, pronouncing the word ‘deport’ by breaking it into syllables that creaked like a door opening and shutting,” she writes, “I felt its decree.”

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

It is tempting to wonder whether some curious misprints – "luther" for either; "bort" for both – constitute a sly joke about our own language-processing abilities.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2010

En saadan Nat gik Thisbe bange trippende paa Duggen og �jned L�vens Skygge f�r den selv og l�b forf�rdet bort.

From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown

Dear Tom, Captain’s boy will bring you this, and put pig-tail in his pocket when bort.

From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Meller, Henry James

The best plan is to procure a bit of "bort" which has been used in a diamond drill, and whose properties have therefore been tested to some extent.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard