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
La pauvre femme, voiant approcher el navire, se tira au bort de la mer, auquel lieu la trouvèrent à leur arrivée.
From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
Jes: I slig en nat kom Thisbe angstfuldt trippende over duggen,— saa l�vens skygge, f�r hun saa den selv, og l�b forskr�kket bort.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
Jes: I slig en Nat sig Thisbe listed �ngstelig, over Duggen saa L�vens Skygge f�r hun saa den selv, og l�b forskr�kket bort.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
