burke
Example Sentences
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He had been sure then, and he was sure now, that Ministers desired to burke the question, to deceive the people, to produce a bill that should be no bill.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony
I think they used it first for Pethick Lawrence, that man who did so much to run the old militant suffragettes and burke the proper discussion of woman's future.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
There must be no question of trying to shirk or burke it.
From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry
No use attempting to burke what is open secret.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 by Various
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
