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Example sentences for "ahint"

Lexicographically close words:
aham; ahead; ahi; ahind; ahold; ahora; aiant; aiblins
  1. That's right, hide him ahint yer petticoats," sneered M'Adam on one of these occasions.

  2. There's mair honour an' generosity ahint the tane than the tither.

  3. There was a gipsy wife stood ahint and heard her, a muckle sture fearsome-looking wife she was as ever I set een on.

  4. Better be before at a burial than ahint at a bridal.

  5. He that rides ahint anither doesna saddle when he pleases.

  6. Ye ride sae near the rump, ye'll let nane loup on ahint you.

  7. Far ahint that mayna follow, an' far before that canna look back.

  8. To be "big ahint the door," is to be very courageous when there is no occasion for it.

  9. I fand it ahint the bush o' broom yonder.

  10. Puir Tom Macalister, the rich shipper o' Leith, has been found wi' his throat cut lyin' ahint the dyke by the Leith walk.

  11. Folk are a' wise ahint the hand, and sae will ye be.

  12. Folk are a' wise ahint the hand; credit only comes by catch and keep.

  13. Folk are a' wise ahint the hand, but real wisdom lies in taking time by the forelock.

  14. Take an auld fool's advice gin ye wad prosper, else ye'll be wise ahint the hand.

  15. His life and his keys at anes they hae ta’en, And cast the body ahint the wa’.

  16. Set the man afore me, and I'll say word for word intil his face what I'm sayin to you ahint his back.

  17. It was like the boat train coming doon by the Stroan, ten minutes ahint time, an' a director on board!

  18. Kit, with a scornful look over his shoulder; "I wadna care a buckie gin she was walkin' up the loan ahint us!

  19. He could lick them a' wi' his hand tied ahint his back," said the Pleasance in its wholly reasonable pride.

  20. I'll learn you to make faces ahint my back.

  21. I could fecht a bobby wi' yae hand tied ahint my back.

  22. He is sae: and he's a gey awkward way of seeing ahint thae bits o' veneered stuff, and finding out they're no worth the money.

  23. He disna make much count o' giving the Lord your tongue, and ay hauding the De'il by the hand ahint your back.

  24. Ay, and it's maistly the warst bits o' the deal as is used up ahint the veneer.

  25. Tak a good grip o' the butt and mak' your first cast ahint that black stane.

  26. Ahint the mountain yonder, laddie; going like the wind.

  27. It's just ahint that big stane where we shall gae doon.

  28. It s juist like yesterday, Drum, but it cam tae an end; and div ye mind hoo we were feared tae gae hame, and didna start till the sun wes weel doon ahint Ben Urtach?

  29. You keep ahint in the onstead, John Telfer, and I'll get Murdison to come oot.

  30. There's a wee bit cairn there, ye ken, wi' a piece lound water ahint it, where they jaloused the fish wad rest himsel a wee.

  31. Pu' the auld wretch up ahint ye,' said Douglas, ready to be angry as soon as he was crossed, like all men in liquor.

  32. A' nicht they looked for her, but she hadna left so muckle as a foot- print ahint her, and in the tail of the day they had to up wi' their tap in their lap and march awa without her.

  33. Surely you could gie me a word frae ahint the door.

  34. Aye whan ane sets doon the cup Ane ahint maun tak it up: A' thegither they will sup!

  35. Oot frae ahint a muckle stane Cam a voice like a huddy craw's: "Behaud there, Archibold Gordon!

  36. He lifts the bars wi' his nose, but he canna sneck them ahint him when he comes back.

  37. Twa cans fu' we carried--an' we proppit them baith against your door wi' a bit brick ahint them.

  38. His life and his keys at once they hae ta'en, And cast the body ahint the wa'.

  39. He wadna hae been sae blithe had he seen anither face that peered o’er the shaft just as he turned at the angle of the road and struck into a canter with his troopers ahint him.

  40. Dayrell’s tracker creepit oot and lay ahint a rock while they unsaiddled and turned loose their horses.

  41. He was at her ain side in anither meenute, but he was jist that meenute ahint his tryst, an' she was in a cauld rage at him.

  42. But Jean's an awfu' gossip, an' a lady like yer cousin micht hae left dockiments ahint her 'at she wadna jist like to hear procleemt frae the hoose tap.

  43. There's somebody from Mr. Landholm ahint you," remarked Mr. Cowslip in the course of tugging out one of the trunks.

  44. It was all I could do to run ahint and keep up wid the same.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ahint" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.