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
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
For rock-boring the diamond rock-drill, an instrument with cutting edges made of bort or black diamond, is now generally adopted.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
