fornent
Example Sentences
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Poor Mary lies on Shupanga brae, "and beeks fornent the sun."
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller
Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan’in’ in what they ca’ a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk.
From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous
Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan'in in what they ca' a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
By the time you're her age, she'll have a child or two, and'll mebbe be feeling very sorry for herself … and you'll have the world fornent you still!
From The Foolish Lovers by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
Bonaparte gathered his host fornent the English coast, and the government at London were in terror of their lives for an invasion.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
