burke

Example Sentences

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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

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)

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 seems to have been a strong determination on the part of the Government to burke the investigation.

From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles

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

From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry