The alarum was so great that the troopers which quartered their abouts went the rounds on the high wayes till evening, and at night the countrymen kept their guards as strictlie as those did on the other side of the water.
No, but folks here-abouts stick together more or less, and if one has a loss, the others generally help out.
At last, he questioned casually: "Hev ye seed anything of Henry Falkins here-abouts of late?
But as far as my past record goes, maybe just because I've got the name of being so mean and troublesome, there are some men here-abouts that would hearken to my counsel when they wouldn't listen to a better man.
Wall after I'd got it all writ, I sed to the landlord of the tavern--now, whar abouts in New York do you keep the post offis?
And to saie truth, at the cleauing of ech head, a man shall discerne the saffron by the colour, and see where abouts the chiue will issue out of the root.
We roust-abouts would get together and shoot craps, dance or play cards until the call came to shuffle freight, then we would all get busy and the mate's voice giving orders could be heard for a long distance.
If the mate became too mean, a regular fight would follow and perhaps several roust-abouts would be hurt before it was finished.
The Captaine alone takes notice of the place where abouts the discovery was, who soone brought us [to see] that there weare 5 men & 4 women a fishing.
We killed some with our arrows, not daring to shoote because we discovered there abouts some tracks, judging to be our ennemy by the impression of their feet in the sand.
And to saie truth, at the cleauing of ech head, a man shall discerne the saffron by the colour, and sée where abouts the chiue will issue out of the root.
Eastmaine parke, ten or twelue miles by northeast or there abouts from Tichefeld.
Obviously he was without definite notion of either his where-abouts or his destination.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "abouts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
