THE BATHS OF LEUK In order to make the pass of the Gemmi, it is necessary to go through the Baths of Leuk.
Long may the bathers of Leuk live to soak and converse!
Bernese Oberland, are the Baths of Leuk (Leukerbad, or Loeche les Bains).
Still, we were far from being disheartened, for there was a considerable area which we had not thoroughly searched; we were satisfied he was there, somewhere, so we resolved to wait over a day at Leuk and come back and get him.
We were not at Leuk in time to see her at her heaviest weight.
The town in the valley is called Leukor Leukerbad.
Weel, ye see, we maun a' leuk at the starns frae the hicht o' oor ain een.
Do ye never leuk at a body but when something ails them?
Weel, maybe I was thinkin' hoo I wad leuk at her gin onything did ail her.
What ails the bairn, Dawvid, 'at ye leuk at her that get?
Leuk hoo the puir laird hangs on the Captain's airm, and hoo he listens to his wards.
Dowie she saunters down Nithside, And aye a westlin leuk she throws, While tears hap o'er her auld brown nose!
He was a fine man to leuk at, an' he pat them a' to shame at onything that nott stren'th or skeel.
There didna leuk to be muckle royalty aboot auld John, honest man, wha cudna rule a wife, though he had but ane!
Dowie she saunters down Nithside, And ay a westlin leuk she throws, While tears hap o'er her auld brown nose!
But whatever may be the opinion of Blomefield on this word, Swinden confines the admeasurement of a leuk to be one mile only; probably upon the authority of Domesday and other antient records.
An old German professor and his wife had left Leuk before us, and had heard nothing of what had happened.
I leftLeuk on the 18th of August to cross the Gemmi Pass, with a boy carrying my knapsack.
There are folk that say, gin he doesna leuk oot, anither kale wifie wull be throwin' a bit stool at 'is meddlin' heid.
Folk wull be comin' frae miles aroond juist to leuk at thesperity bit.
I'll juist tak' a leuk at the grave, moil, gin ye'll hae an ee on the dog.
At a convulsive movement and a jerk of his head the caretaker would say to the wifie, if she chanced to be near: "Leuk at that, noo, wull ye?
It wull mak' a braid street ye can leuk doon frae yer doorway here.
She can chust co and leukthe chief's foots an' see.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leuk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
