burke
Example Sentences
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Better perhaps not to burke the matter that she knew was on his mind.
From The Thousandth Woman by Hornung, Ernest W.
You cannot, beyond a certain limit of time, burke reality.
From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire
He has never been known to burke a school.
From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
There is no need for me to burke the words.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)
Look here—it's no use trying to burke facts.
From Scarhaven Keep by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
