burke

Example Sentences

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I'm no' gaun to burke ye the nicht; but I canna sleep; I'm sair misdoubtful o' the thing.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

There is no need for me to burke the words.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

There must be no question of trying to shirk or burke it.

From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry

He has never been known to burke a school.

From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

There is no disposition here to burke the fact that these responsibilities are serious, if not onerous; that they call for administrative statesmanship of a very high order.

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt