make sore

Example Sentences

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Only that his throat hurt too bad to swallow; so Maw tied up his topknot so tight it near pulled it out: that was to lift his palate, because dropped palates make sore throats.

From Across the Fruited Plain by Means, Florence Crannell

When you jump on the man who didn't do it, you make sore spots all over him; and it takes the spring out of your leap for the fellow who did it.

From Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Lorimer, George Horace

Do not let him be always sucking, as that will not only fret his month, but will likewise irritate and make sore the mother's nipple.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry

It shall be our secret, yours and mine, Betty; we will not even tell Oliver just now, else it might make sore feeling between you.

From An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott by Lincoln, Jeanie Gould

Only that morning he had said that the world was n't a play-ground, and that the boys who thought it was were liable to make sore mistakes and be glad to get home again.

From The Cruise of the Dazzler by London, Jack