burke

Example Sentences

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Little joy would you have had in most that has befallen since the Reform Bill was passed, to the chivalrous cry of "burke Sir Walter."

From Letters to Dead Authors by Lang, Andrew

You cannot, beyond a certain limit of time, burke reality.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire

There is no need for me to burke the words.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

I'm no' gaun to burke ye the nicht; but I canna sleep; I'm sair misdoubtful o' the thing.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

There must be no question of trying to shirk or burke it.

From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry