pa

Example Sentences

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“Wouldn’t that be a scandal! Leaving your pa alone with all this work. Leaving the farm to go to rack and ruin.”

From Literature

“There are lots of men/but only one I love/my one and only pa,” she writes in her journal.

From New York Times

Do you and your pa bond best over a meal or a pint?

From Seattle Times

“My pa talked to Mr. Soldano. Mrs. Soldano was burning a bunch of rags in kerosene to clear out the mosquitoes.”

From Literature

“Trumpets,” Zárate instructed three students in the back, “make the introduction sound majestic — pa ra ra ra ra — like a king is coming!”

From New York Times