bort

Example Sentences

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“When my father said daay bort, pronouncing the word ‘deport’ by breaking it into syllables that creaked like a door opening and shutting,” she writes, “I felt its decree.”

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

It is tempting to wonder whether some curious misprints – "luther" for either; "bort" for both – constitute a sly joke about our own language-processing abilities.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2010

En saadan Nat gik Thisbe bange trippende paa Duggen og �jned L�vens Skygge f�r den selv og l�b forf�rdet bort.

From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown

En ung jardin d'ombraige tout couvert, Au chaud du jour, ay treuv� Madalaine, Qui pr�s le pi� d'ung sicomorre vert Dormoit au bort d'une claire fontaine; Son lit estoit de thin et marjolaine.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

O barn af Finland, byt ej bort Din ädla fosterjord!

From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)