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Example sentences for "luik"

Lexicographically close words:
lugs; lugsail; lugubrious; lugubriously; lui; luikin; luikit; luiks; luit; lukewarm
  1. Adam's awn neaves, For it's and as the hills, by the luik on't.

  2. Sex-fefteen--noo, Meester McRobbie, wull ye no luik this way?

  3. Ye wadna hae HER luik doon an' see ye in less comfort nor whan she was wi' ye!

  4. Cosmo, in no little astonishment, "what on earth gars ye luik like that at the mention o' ane wha has this moment helpit us oot o' the warst strait ever we war in!

  5. That' sic as never luik whaur the licht fa's, but aye some ither gait, for they carena to walk by the same.

  6. Luik at the twa o' 's noo i' the munelicht thegither!

  7. Eh, but sair ye need a sensible mitherly body like mysel' to luik efter ye!

  8. I'll say gude nicht noo, an' luik in again the morn.

  9. Gien ye couldna luik in upo' mine the day, he wad stap doon to the castle.

  10. Tak me, than, an' luik efter me at yer wull, Aggie; I mean what I say!

  11. And first of all Saturn gave his sentence, Quhilk gave to Cupid litill reverence, But as ane busteous churl, on his maneir, Com crabbitly, with auster luik and cheir.

  12. Yit than hir luik in-to his mind it brocht The sweit visage and amorous blenking Of fair Cresseid, sumtyme his awin darling.

  13. Phemy, an' we dinna ken whaur to luik for her," cried the poor father aloud.

  14. See gien I dinna luik weel efter my leddy.

  15. Ye're nae ill to luik at, though ye maun hae been bonnier the day ye wan the hert o' my Grizel.

  16. It's no aye easy to luik for 't wi' baith yer een," said Miss Horn.

  17. Eh, but I would like to luik ance mair intil the face o' a bonny, clean wuman!

  18. But I'm thinkin it maun aye be harder for ane that hasna his ain mither to luik til.

  19. I'm thinkin the angels had lang to desire afore they could luik intil certain things they sair wantit; but ye may be sure they warna left withoot as muckle licht as would lead honest fowk safe on!

  20. Yet I never luik for a judgment to fa' upon me for that!

  21. Auntie's been tellin me that I maun luik to my hert, so as no to tyne't to ye a'thegither!

  22. Luik them straucht i' the een, and say what at the moment ye think and feel; and dinna hesitate to gie them the best ye hae.

  23. I daurna luik an honest wuman i' the face.

  24. Ow, as usual," answered the natural, "turnin up ilka muckle stane to luik for his maister aneth it!

  25. I was aye a hypocrite, but she would maybe hae fun' me oot, and garred me luik at mysel!

  26. I s' richt wullinly gang wi' ye to luik upo the face o' ane 'at's won throuw!

  27. Ye hae come a gey bit, and luik some fatiguit!

  28. I hae aye coontit Mary Magdalen are o' the Lord's ain yowies, that he left the lave i' the wilderness to luik for: this is sic anither!

  29. The gran' diffeeculty is hoo He can lat ilk ane tak' his ain gait an' yet luik efter them a'.

  30. I s' jist tak a luik aboot afore I mak up my min'.

  31. An' hoo wad I ever luik her i' the face gien I grew less because o' her!

  32. But I maun awa' to luik efter things; a minute's an hoor lost wi' thae fule lasses.

  33. O here am I, a bonnie boy, Will tak the steer in hand, Till you mount up to oor tapmast, To luik oot for dry land.

  34. O whaur will I get a bonnie boy Will tak the steer in hand, Till I mount up to oor tapmast, To luik oot for dry land?

  35. Lorde, luik upone our mysereis, and delyver us from the tyrannie[965] of that hure, for thy awin meir mercies saik.

  36. Gif ye luik of thame any uther fruit in tymeis cuming, than ye have sene in thame quham we accuse, we ar assurit ye sall be desavit.

  37. D'ye think she needs to luik roon' to ken a' aboot the Black Bull?

  38. An' Maister MacPherson kens better, for luik at him lauchin' in 's ain sleeve.

  39. Ye 're nae ill to luik at--though ye maun hae been bonnier the day ye wan the hert o' my Grizzel.

  40. I wiss ye wad luik in an' say something till him some nicht.

  41. Luik (91-93), agreeing with Napier, thinks the word is native from primitive Gmc.

  42. What richt had ye to luik at me And drive me daft and dizzy?

  43. Ye think I luik canty, my bonny man, Sittin watchin the last o' the sun sae gran'?

  44. And he had gowd to spen' and spare, And a hert as true as ony; But his luik was doon, his sigh was sair, For Lizzie was sae bonny!

  45. Ye luik as smilin an' fain an' willin As gien ye had fun a bonny shillin!

  46. Lat's see gien he can turn a ban', Or only luik and craik!

  47. And ye'll luik in ane anither's ee Triumphin' ower gray Time.

  48. Come athort the reek, and lat's luik at ye.

  49. The fowk cudna luik at him till he pat the veil on.

  50. And do they lippen you to luik efter him, no?

  51. Ye can easy luik roun the neuk o' the back-yett, an' nobody be a hair the wiser.

  52. Lat sit, an' gang an' luik for that puir, doited thing, Annie.

  53. They're gey and frail noo, and they want somebody to luik efter them.

  54. It maun be ill news, or ye wadna luik like that.

  55. I vowed to Mr. Ericson that, gin he deid, I wad luik efter that bonny lassie.

  56. I hae sae mony wee things to luik efter at Rothieden, afore we gang,' said Robert.

  57. I war as young as whan he was born, I wad be up an' awa' this verra nicht to luik for him.

  58. Glaidly wad I luik upon 's deid face gin I cud believe that his sowl wasna amang the lost.

  59. Ay, man, but gin ye luik up to the cloods that gait, ye'll never be muckle o' a fiddler.

  60. But they canna get a grup o' the glory that excelleth, for it's not to luik at, but to lat ye see a' thing.

  61. Jist luik i' the nuik there ahin' the door.

  62. And wi' haein to luik efter her, he kenned that the thouchts that troubled ye wudna sae weel win in, and wud learn to bide oot.

  63. Eh, gien ye war but ance to luik in at the door o' this my hoose that ye hae gien me, it wud thenceforth be to me as the gate o' paradise!

  64. Maybe the bonny man cudna be aye comin to ye himsel, haein ither fowk a heap to luik til, and sae sent Phemy to lat ye ken what he would hae o' ye.

  65. The Lord o' mercy 'ill manage to luik efter the lammie he made, ae w'y or ither, there as here.

  66. Winna ye gie me luik nor word, and me ridden like mad to hae a sicht o' ye?

  67. Yon face o' hers comes back til me noo like the face o' a lost lammie 'at the shepherd didna think worth gaein oot to luik for.

  68. And better yet I likit to see yon hert-brakin luik o' the lost are weirin aye awa and awa till 't was clean gane!

  69. But gien ye war to luik in at the door, and cry, Steenie!

  70. He's sae used to luikin' up, he's forgotten to luik doon.

  71. Twa craft a sailing without hand to guide them, in sic a place as this, whar' eyesight is na guid enough to show the dangers, bodes evil to a' that luik thereon.

  72. Hoo wad an auld wife like me luik in sic a place--an' in sic duds as this?

  73. But puir simple fowk like oorsel's 'ill hae no need to hing down the heid an' luik like gowks 'at disna ken mainners.

  74. He had puir Crummie to luik efter," answered Janet; "but he micht hae been in or this time.

  75. It wad be but the sheep gaein' to luik for the shepherd.


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