Example Sentences

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He had a stairt, but the brae was steep, and I was thinking it would no' be long before I had a grup o' him when the polis cam' ower the dyke behind.

From Carmen's Messenger by Bindloss, Harold

I’ve read yer address, sir, and I like yer principles—they’re the stench auld Whig anes—keep a’ we can to ourselves, and haud a gude grup.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

Tak' my advice, forget a' aboot your dream-leddy, as ye ca' her; cast your e'e aboot on what ye can see an' grup, an', losh me! a faceable-lookin' man like you needna grapple lang.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

I tempit him wi' kail and meat, but he wad tak naething, and keepit me frae feeding the beast, and he was aye gurrin', and grup, gruppin' me by the legs.

From The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 by Defoe, Daniel

Gien ye dinna that, ye'll never be oot o' 's grup yersel.

From Heather and Snow by MacDonald, George