warbled

Example Sentences

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Na, it was a driech employ, and praise the Lord that I have warstled through with it!”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Bit by bit, for I was gey tired, I warstled ower the rigs and up the cleuchs to the Gled-head; syne up the stany Gled-cleuch to the lang grey hill which they ca' the Hurlybackit.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

With February, hope and the snowdrops begin to spring, but January is a month to be warstled through as best we can.

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.

We warstled through that winter, God kens how, and it’s near a pleasure to me to think o’t now, for, rain or no rain, I can never be reduced to sic straits again.”

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)