burke

Example Sentences

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You cannot, beyond a certain limit of time, burke reality.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire

Little joy would you have had in most that has befallen since the Reform Bill was passed, to the chivalrous cry of "burke Sir Walter."

From Letters to Dead Authors by Lang, Andrew

It has been said that in the delays in bringing forward this subject, I have been anxious to burke discussion.

From Indian speeches (1907-1909) by Morley, John

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

From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry

I think they used it first for Pethick Lawrence, that man who did so much to run the old militant suffragettes and burke the proper discussion of woman's future.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)