burke

Example Sentences

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No use attempting to burke what is open secret.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 by Various

There is no need for me to burke the words.

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

Confound the greedy hypocrite!" said Bob; "does he think we shall let him burke the line for nothing?

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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

He added: "The Government ... has no disposition or desire to burke the question; it is clearly an issue on which the new House ought to be given an opportunity to express its views."

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted