arf
Example Sentences
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“If there were bread,” Alexander ventured, “we would happily give you some. Arf!”
From Literature
“Yap! Seems I’ve got a bit of a cold coming on. No cause for alarm. They come and go with me, every four weeks or so. Arf! That is to say, ah-choo! Hand me the almanac, would you, Quinzy? It tends to wander off if I don’t put it right back on the shelf. Why, you’d think the book was cursed, woof!”
From Literature
“Blasted moon! I’ve mixed it up again. Looks like I’ll be laid up all day tomorrow, and with so much to do, arf! I’d best get an ad in the paper for a baby nurse, quick.”
From Literature
“I know all the shortcuts now. Get you there in’arf the time. I know this ship like the back of me ’and.”
From Literature
“She lived in a hillside house with her dog, Arf, surrounded by books, record albums, plants and macramé.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.