Thy-sell now can tell now The counsell of thae clarkis, Quhairthrow yit, I trow yit, Thy breist dois beir the markis.
That straik was with sic micht and fors That on the ground lay man and hors; And throw the brydell-hand him bair, And in the breist ane span and mair.
They stand straight upright, Each a sentinel drawn up, As if they dared not know Which way the wind might blow!
Put fire i' my breist an' fire at my back, But ae minute set Johnnie afore me!
Aneth the snaw his heid was smorit, But his breist was maistly bare, And twixt his richt ban' and his hert Lay a lock o' gouden hair.
Hir gyte was gray, and full of spottis blak; 260 And on hir breist ane churl paintit ful evin, Beirand ane bunch of thornis on his bak, Quhilk for his thift micht clim na nar the hevin.
Or with quhat wordis suld he now assay The amorus queyn forto requir and pray, Or on quhat wys hys taill he mycht begyn; 10 Baith to and fra compasyng, hys breist within, Feill purpossys for euery part about.
Law from his breist murnand he gave a ȝell, Seand the void cart, and spulȝe of the knycht, 25 And the corps of his derrest frend sa dight.
I ken what it is to nurse daith in my breist wi' pride, too, mother," she went on.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "breist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
