forked

Example Sentences

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In 2008, he and a friend forked over $650,000 to have lunch with Buffett, which, he insisted External link, “was worth every dime.”

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Some were so enticed by Koh they forked over copies of their ID cards, which then got used by other North Korean IT workers to grab more work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

In 2024, he forked over $4.8 million for a 2,854-square-foot Nantucket home.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

King Lear, bearing the brunt of a storm, looks at what he thinks is a mad beggar and wonders if “unaccommodated man” is no more than “a poor, bare, forked animal.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Squibbles tried to steal a few fabric strips to line his drey, the nest made of leaves and twigs high in one of my forked branches.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate