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

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

The black diamonds, called bort, are used mainly for arming diamond drills and for polishing other diamonds.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

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