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Example sentences for "brogan"

Lexicographically close words:
brodder; brode; broder; broderie; brodyr; brogans; broght; broghte; brogue; brogues
  1. George Owens *George Owens, medium in height and weight, seated comfortably under the shade of an old oak tree, was clad in a blue shirt and overalls, and brogan shoes with a few slits cut in them to prevent hurting his feet.

  2. Beside the chair was a pair of brogan shoes with gaping splits across the toes to avoid cramping his feet.

  3. During my wedding I wore a blue calico dress, a man's shirt tail as a head rag, and a pair of brogan shoes.

  4. For summer I wore a lowell shirt and for winter I wore de same old lowell shirt only wid outing slips and a pair of brogan shoes or a pair of old shoes dat was thrown away by my Mistress' son.

  5. Her faded print dress was clean, and she wore badly scuffed brogan shoes several sizes too large on her stockingless feet.

  6. All slaves had was homespun clothes and old heavy brogan shoes.

  7. Winter time us wore de same only dey give us a warm underskirt, and rough red brogan shoes.

  8. Clothing for individual needs consisted of one pair of brogan shoes a year and homemade cotton garments, shirts, pants, dresses, etc.

  9. Old Marster raised plenty of cattle and saved de hides what he sont to de tannery to be got ready for my uncle, Moses Downs, to make our brogan shoes.

  10. Us wore brass toed brogan shoes in winter, but in summer Niggers went bar'foots.

  11. It was he," says the same authority, "that collected the miracles of Brigid in one book, and gave them to his disciple Brogan Cloen to render them in verse.

  12. The first of the six Lives printed by the learned Father John Colgan is the metrical Hymn of the Saint commonly attributed to St. Brogan Cloen of Rostuire in the Diocese of Ossory.

  13. Mamma just happened to put that in with a bundle of some of my last summer's clothes, which she hoped Mrs. Brogan might find useful.

  14. This reminded Constance again of Annie Brogan and the white dress that Lillie had regarded with so much scorn.

  15. Us had plenty to eat and plenty to wear, calico dresses an' brogan shoes.

  16. The home-made linsey-woolsy shirts that we wore over our cotton shirts, and the wool pants that we wore in winter, were good and warm; they had brogan shoes in winter too.

  17. A brogan dropped a few steps from the start.

  18. Pete looked at the brogan sticking out of Jake's pocket.

  19. Are you going to give me that brogan or not?

  20. A boy named Timmy Brogan went with him tonight so a feller named Frost (his pal) is here with us now.

  21. After their peculiar meeting with Timmy Brogan (as they afterward learned was his full name), Barker gravely invited them to the kitchen for refreshment.

  22. For the men this issue consisted of 1 pair of brogan shoes, several homespun shirts, a few pairs of knitted socks, and two or three pairs of pants.

  23. Both men and women wore brogan shoes, the only difference being the piece in the side of the womens.

  24. Marse Henry kept a lot of slaves to wuk his big old plantation whar he growed jus' evvything us needed to eat and wear 'cept sugar and coffee and de brass toes for our home-made, brogan shoes.

  25. Father John Brogan assumed the charge of Fairfax parish in April, 1886, and remained seven years, during which time he labored earnestly for the good of religion and was much beloved by the people.

  26. Then Brogan said to me, "How is the best way to get some of that money?

  27. When I came back the miller had won every dollar Brogan had as well as his diamonds, amounting to something like $4,500.

  28. The game began, and Brogan trotted out his marked cards.

  29. Brogan came to me and wanted to borrow $500.

  30. When I returned they were playing for ten dollars ante, and Brogan was losing very fast.

  31. Public Roads Office are under way for the grading of the Cow Valley-Brogan Road, and the Burrell-Vale Project will be submitted within a short time.

  32. I never did see," said the pensive neighbor on the brogan case, "how such things do git twisted.

  33. In the wintertime we wore heavy jeans over them shirts an' brogan shoes.

  34. Every Christmas us got a set white lowell clothes and a pair brogan shoes and they done us the whole year, or us go naked.

  35. They had son-of-a-gun beds peg to the walls, and wore bachelor brogan shoes and blue and stripe lowel clothes made on the place, and had lots to eat.

  36. Massa give he slaves two sets clothes a year and one pair 'bachelor' brogan shoes with brass toes.

  37. Us have homemake clothes and brogan shoes, come from Austin or some place.

  38. Brogan stood with his hand on the door with led to the corridor.

  39. Senator Brogan picked up the propeller again and rolled it reflectively between his palms.

  40. Kessler and Brogan had stopped eating and were watching her intently.

  41. Brogan turned the emotion away from himself with professional skill.

  42. Kessler and Brogan glanced at each other.

  43. Brogan flung himself back dramatically in his big chair, throwing out his arms.

  44. That sounds odd in itself," George Brogan said, smiling slightly.

  45. Brogan sat comfortably in the big chair behind his desk.

  46. Secondly," Brogan went on, "it is not true that these accidents are happening more to American planes than foreign ones.

  47. Brogan was right, that's just about as farfetched a notion as has come down the pike in a long time.

  48. I'm very interested in that aspect, as you may know," Brogan said.

  49. My dear Margaret," Brogan said, holding her hand and smiling gallantly, "I must deeply apologize for keeping Bob.

  50. It was nearly ten o'clock when Kessler and Brogan met Margaret at the hotel dining room.

  51. I won't mince words," Brogan said, "because I think we understand each other.

  52. Next morning my foot and ankle were so swollen I could not wear my boot, so I exchanged it for an old rusty brogan shoe found in an ambulance, and shipped all my luggage in the ambulance.

  53. We traded, and I had a good pair of kip boots that fit me, and he had brogan shoes, and was apparently happy.

  54. A man of the name of Brogan and my poor Curly were the two victims.

  55. Curly had killed four, by the day named, the other two had shot two each, Brogan only one.

  56. I'll bet you Brogan doesn't think of them, now that he's got his own belly full.

  57. Brogan was what we called the guy that was here before Clancy, and it done very well.


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