But my son Saunders was readin' to me the ither nicht in a fule history buik, an' there it said that amang the Papists they used to hae fowk that didna do as they did an' believe as they believed.
I hae listened to graun' fowk speakin', an' I can speak as weel as onybody.
Can ye no let decent fowk sleep in their beds for yae nicht?
Fowk thinks mair o' fowk, the mair they are themsels.
An' syne comin' to puirfowk like me to tak' ye in for a week or twa!
Ye dinna burn fowk here for nae freely haudin' by the shorter Carritchis, do ye?
Fowk may think little o' me; but I come o' him that freed Scotland.
Weel, ye see, sir, your college is a great expense to heumble fowk like oorsels, and we hae to mak it up the best way that we can.
Blin' fowk somehoo kens mair nor itherfowk aboot things that the sicht o' the een has unco little to do wi'.
But ye see, he said the Lord was merciful to ither fowk whan he rendert to the wicked the punishment due to them.
And the host's jist like to rive me in bits, as the prophets rave their claes whan the fowk contred them ower sair to bide.
What care I for the missionars mair nor ony ither o' the Lord's fowk, 'cep that they're mair like his fowk nor ony ither that I hae seen?
I was only wissin 'at she wad keep a sma' part o' her ministrations for her ain hame and her ain fowk 'at has the ministerin' to her.
A dish of married love right soon grows cauld, And dozins[29] down to nane, as fowk grow auld.
Let fowk bode weel, and strive to do their best; Nae mair's required--let Heaven make out the rest.
And though ane or twa o' the hill-fowk hae been up to look for the guid man in his hiding-place, naebody has seen him and we're mair than a wee troubled.
The women-fowk thocht she had ta'en the aith when she said 'God save him, an He will.
I expect fowk to obey me in virtue o' ma office just as I'm ready to obey them as God and the King ha'e set abune me.
But what can ye dae in a land whaur the fowk are aye climbin' through ither, noo up, noo down, noo maister, noo man?
Gin we were in Rooshie, or Germany whaur the people have lived in black slavery or even in the auld land whaur the fowk are haudden doon wi' generations o' class bondage, there might be a chance for a revolutionary.
Mony a better man has been waur misca'd, an' gartfowk forget that ever the lee was lee'd.
An' it's no to be wonnert at gien fowk wull hae 't 'at ye maun ken something aboot it, mem.
Fowk 'at maks their ain livin', wantin' the een to guide them, canna be that far aff the straucht.
I didna ken whether some fowk mair nor preten' to un'erstan' them.
Some fowk think Mistress Catanach has mair teeth nor she shaws.
The fowk 'll hardly hear a word noo frae ony o' the aulder an' soberer Christians.
But ye hae garred mair fowk nor me luik, an' that's the pity o' 't.
Ay, ay, lass; I ken that, for I ken there was fowkto tell ye.
That 'll be are o' the secrets the bonny man's gaein to tell his ain fowk whan he gets them hame wi' him!
Cause ither fowk never sees the bonny man, they tell me,' he replied.
Deed, mem, what fowk ca's love, hes neither airt nor pairt i' this metter!
The bonny man tellt his ain fowk first that he was gaein awa in order that they michtna be able to do wantin him, and bude to stir themselves and come up efter him.
Soa yo can easy imagine 'at wi sich sentiments as these, he didn't leeave off smookin as ha fowk tawked.
Fowk thowt shoo'd be wed agean, but they wor mistaen.
We kent nae but it was drunken fowk ridin' to the fair i' the forenight.
They say Jagger was as mad as if he’d sat on a nettle; but his fayther’s all for killing fowk wi’ kindness.
One day aw axed a chap 'at had been, "if they wor raylee as sharp as whatfowk gave 'em credit for?
Aw niver see a chap 'at's tryin to get on but what he reminds me ov once gooin to a Baptist chapel to see a lot o' fowk kursened.
Aw hear fowk tawk abaat "floral gems," and sich like stuff, but aw understand varry little abaat it.
But fowkmun get consolation aat o' summat, soa they try to fancy th' Taan Hall luks handsome.
Exchange is noa robbery," they say, but if some fowk knew what it had cost, they might think it had been a dear swap.
It fotches daan th' owd watter spaats, an' lets fowk know whear ther's a slate at's shakey.
Sawr owd maids an' crusty owd bachelors wonder 'at fowk should have noa moor sense nor to waste ther brass on sich like nonsense.
I'll just tak a sup o' it, if ye please, and leave tither alane for fowk as likes them.
Fowk 's unco' jealous about their hoose 'at wad trouble themsel's little aboot a lass!
Wad he say things 'at he didna mean fowk to un'erstan' whan he said them?
I fancy 'at whiles the Lord wadna say a thing jist no to stop fowk thinkin' aboot it.
It's no 'at a puir body like me can help, but it's aye weel to lat fowkken what ye're efter.
Nah, for th' information o' fowk at wor nivver thear, aw may as weel tell yo a thing or two.
Fowk wodn't ha thowt mich abaat that if it hadn't been for him allus draggin in his friend Michael for a share, an' it wor weel known 'at Michael had nivver existed except in his own imagination.
Aw've thowt mony a time when aw've heeard fowk tawk abaght thee 'at its a thaasand pities thi mother hadn't twins.
As to Faith, ther's awther a gooid deeal on it i' th' world, or else fowk dooant spaik truth.
He sumhah kests a leet on things 'At fowknoan wants ta see, Thear's few likes tellin what they are Or what they owt ta be.
Ah'm nut a wuman 'at oft speyks, Or sings fowk doleful sengs, Bud ah can tell me mind ta thee, Tha knaws wot things belengs.
Aw if tha'd strike ma stiff at once, Ur stab ma ta me hart, I then cud dee content, for fowk Ud naw reyt what ta art.
If fowk 'ud get into this way o' thinkin', ther'd be a deal moor gooid done nor ther is.
Is this a time for decent fowk to be gaun play-actin' aboot?
The fowkmade a ring, but nane dared bid us to stop.
Because, if my dowg Royal hasna a soul, there's a heap o' fowk gangs to the kirk withoot!
Bringing fowk away through the hoose traikin' to open the front door to you on sic a nicht!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fowk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
