corked up
Example Sentences
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Oldendorf corked up the mouth of the strait with his old battlewagons, sent destroyers up ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
It does feel a bit more corked up in stock form compared to the others, too.
From Time Magazine Archive
The neat-herd king forthwith corked up the phial, and the ghost could not get out.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
I shall explode if I keep it corked up inside of me.”
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Burt L. Standish
Sometimes," I says, "it's keepin' 'em all corked up tight on the insides of us w'ich meks the burden bear down so heavy....
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
