bonny

Example Sentences

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They added: "A sad loss at such a young age. RIP Dale. Sleep well bonny lad."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

And Coach Kliff Kingsbury, the bonny prince plucked from Texas Tech in 2019, was scheduled to receive his comeuppance by now.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Coming behind, Fleetwood would take that par right now, as he lashes a long iron into the bonny heather well to the right of the green.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2019

Tara Erraught is a bonny Irish lass who is almost aggressively likable.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2018

“Not at all—it bears the most gracious message in the world: for the rest, you are not my conscience-keeper, so don’t make yourself uneasy. Here, come in, bonny wanderer!”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë