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Example sentences for "lish"

Lexicographically close words:
liras; lire; liripipe; lis; lisande; lisp; lisped; lisping; lisps; liss
  1. Lish Winslow, what on earth are you doin'?

  2. Lish happened to be in the office when your niece called up, an' hearin' you had a man patient, he thought mebbe he might be of use.

  3. You don't pull the wool over my eyes that way, 'Lish Winslow.

  4. Not that 'Lish is a professional lady's maid.

  5. I've bandaged it an' 'Lish an' me have your friend snug an' warm in bed.

  6. Since 'Lish is so spineless at his job, I may's well tell you what we come for.

  7. You Eng-lish may have two men to our one, but you are slow.

  8. He was to find out where forts had been built, and how large a force of troops had crossed the Lakes, and to learn all that he could of those who had dared to set up the flag of France on soil which the Eng-lish claimed as their own.

  9. He heard that the Eng-lish who sought to trade on the O-hi-o were seized by the French, and that some red-men had passed the fort with two or three white scalps.

  10. We have told the Eng-lish to move off, and they have heard us, and now we tell it to you.

  11. They made friends of the red-men at or near these posts, and made it known that they would fight the Eng-lish at all points.

  12. Indeed he had hardly spoken since he had uttered his threat against 'Lish Snooks.

  13. It was a mistake, of course, either one of 'Lish Snooks' lies, or else a mistake.

  14. I had a dream about meeting one, and it got so bad that I woke up at last with a shout, thinkin' a tiger was standin' just over me with his two dev'lish old eyes staring down into mine!

  15. And a dev'lish hard one it is, and most sincerely I pity you, Mrs. Brixham.

  16. And I think Blanche is dev'lish fond of me," said Arthur, with a sigh.

  17. I was dev'lish cut--uncommon--been dining with some chaps at Greenwich.

  18. Don't you think they'd give me something dev'lish good if I was to play my cards well?

  19. Good school in the neighbourhood; cheap country: dev'lish nice place for East India Colonels, or families wanting to retire.

  20. And a dev'lish fine run I gave 'em, egad!

  21. Your being funny in hall just now made a dev'lish bad impression.

  22. A dev'lish cutting way of reasoning indeed; that argument cou'dn't be answered asily.

  23. The forest laws are dev'lish severe here: an they catch us trespassing upon their hunting ground, we shall pay a neat poll-tax: nothing less than our heads will serve.

  24. It fell with such a dev'lish thump, It almost rais'd another hump.

  25. Jove calls his under-strappers round him, And in a dev'lish rage they found him.

  26. Father was awful hard, but he didn't go out of his way; but 'Lish never let no chance slip.

  27. I didn't come to see you on 'Lish Harum's account.

  28. All three ate heartily to the evident satisfaction of the others, and 'Lish Davis even entered so thoroughly into the spirit of the affair as to suggest that they send for another dish of sauerkraut.

  29. The throng of spectators just outside the lines had diminished in number until no more than an hundred remained, and 'Lish Davis came up with the appearance of one who has already done his full duty.

  30. Lish Davis was speaking very seriously now, and Seth literally trembled with apprehension for Jip.

  31. Of course 'Lish Davis an' the rest of the firemen didn't know, but pretty nigh every other feller was posted this afternoon.

  32. After this attempt at consolation Seth parted with his companions, and ten minutes later was standing before 'Lish Davis on the lower floor of Ninety-four's house.

  33. At all events we don't count on taking any chances," 'Lish said with a laugh.

  34. Well, to tell the truth, she did come dev'lish near it, and so I inferred that I hadn't correctly diagnosed the case.

  35. I would be Husband to no Woman in Europe, who was not dev'lish rich, and dev'lish ugly.

  36. I tell you, Sir, that for all that, she's dev'lish sensible.

  37. Lish Barker, first mate of the Tamalpais, who was said to have gone down with a boat's crew and the ship's treasure after she struck.

  38. Lish Kelly's troupe was a large one, consisting of five men and one woman flyer, the wife of Carlos Le Roy, a Cuban aviator.

  39. Second came another of Lish Kelly's aviators in a blue machine.

  40. Somehow, viewed in the bright light of early day, Lish Kelly's threats did not appear nearly as formidable as they had over night.

  41. He wanted to speak of the conduct of Lish Kelly, but on second thought he decided not to; the man might merely have had a fit of bad temper on him.

  42. It was as his figure vanished, that Lish Kelly crossed the writing room.

  43. Swiftly it sped out of the grounds; but not so swiftly that the keen eyes of Lish Kelly did not see it.

  44. Just this, that Mr. Lish Kelly thinks he can run this thing to suit himself.

  45. Lish Mead, Mary's foster father, pokes his head in the door.

  46. Lish enters, hauling a warehouse truck on which is a barrel of flour and a large hamper.

  47. I could see her lish body shinin' through t' watter an' her yallow hair streamin' out on both sides of her head.

  48. But I lost the feeling two days after, when ’Lish got the other denomination, and begun swaggering around similar to Threat, peddling promises.

  49. And some thought it was because Threat and ’Lish couldn’t wait, but done a little private celebrating together in Threat’s hotel bar the night before election.

  50. And they allowed that Threat was a little better than ’Lish, or that ’Lish was a little nobler than Threat, and they laid to vote according.

  51. Us ladies mentioned to one another that Threat nor ’Lish didn’t seem to be anywhere around.

  52. I’m going to if ’Lish gets put up,” he says low, to me.

  53. You've seen the report of this new contest being run by Dee Lish Baby Foods, haven't you?

  54. All I get is an expense account from Dee Lish Baby Foods.

  55. It was submitted to me as a possibility from the Dee Lish Company.

  56. And you," she turned on the Dee Lish agent, "quit gawping at me.

  57. The Dee Lish representative looked at his watch and raised his hands.

  58. Three months ago the Dee Lish scenario writers had a brainstorm.

  59. So much did Eng-land fear him in 1757, the Eng-lish king sent word that he would give him great wealth if he would serve him at this time.

  60. Fitzroy Square is a dev'lish long way off for a fellow to go for a dinner, and entre nous, the dinner is rather queer and the company still more so.


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