aye

Example Sentences

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“Aye, it’s a proper horror. A distant ancestor of ours; I think my father said he was Belgian. But the house and its contents were never the point. The point”—and his eyes ran over Christopher like a bus—“is the land outside the house.”

From Literature

“Aye. But, you know—feel no need to wear it.”

From Literature

“Aye. So. I see that an explanation has become necessary.”

From Literature

“Aye. And everywhere else in the world the creatures died out, as we hunted them to extinction. As the next thousands of years passed, we forgot, slowly, that once the world had been lit by the shining of a unicorn, or the dragon’s fire—and we came to believe that the true accounts we had were myth. Just children’s stories. Nothing important. We’re a forgetful people, humanity.”

From Literature

“Unicorns, aye. There are huge herds—in the thousands—on the island of Ceretos, and on Atidina and Lithia.”

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