puts by
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, upside bets were back in vogue with call options outnumbering puts by a ratio of 1.3-to-1.
From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2021
This done, he returns to his store, puts by the papers he has not sold, takes a basket, fills it with apples, oranges, and bananas, and starts again.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
Comus appears with his rabble, and the Lady set in an inchanted Chair, to whom he offers his Glass, which she puts by, and goes about to rise.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
During this entr'acte Mademoiselle with her own hands puts by all the jewellery which she has to wear during the more gorgeous scenes of the play.
From Castles in the Air by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
The turkey-cock strutting and strumming, His bagpipe puts by at her humming, And even the old gander, The fowl-yard's commander, He winks his sly eye at her coming.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
