bogy

Example Sentences

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Lopez-Chacarra overcame a triple bogy on the long par-4 seventh and tied Sargent for the lead with a short birdie on the par-4 15th.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022

In the 1950s, 3D was wheeled out to upstage television, the industry bogy of that era.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2010

Within the last few days," said he, "the bogy of another inflation period has again been raised.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inflation is a bogy word that has almost passed out of the news in a day when businesses have so much unused capacity around.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't understand your motive, and I'd rather not guess at it; but I'm not a child to be scared by a bogy.

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.