Agayne: Bowe downe the necke of thy chylde in youth, and beate hys sydes whyle he is an infante very yonge.
And if a man wil be hard to vs wyth letters and sillables, what is more cruell then to bend the necke of a chyld, & to beat the sides of an infant?
A litel whyle after when the yong manne was forced of his father that was come to him, to returne agayne to his old vertue, he brake his necke out of a garret.
When she had so sayd, she yelded the coller to her sister, and counselled hir to place the same so neere the necke bone as shee could, that the sooner the halter's force might stop her breath.
The phrase 'breake your ownenecke downe' seems strange: it could hardly have been written neck-bone!
And it syttethe in a chayere of gold, fulle nobely arrayed; and he hathe aboute his necke large gyrdles, wroughte of gold and precyous stones and perles.
And thei wrappen here hedes and here necke with a gret quantytee of white lynnen clothe.
In vaine I seeke and sew to her for grace And doe myne humbled hart before her poure; The whiles her foot she in my necke doth place And tread my life downe in the lowly floure.
A legge andnecke of one cyrcompherence, A waste that is no hygher then hys thye, And all parts ells of stronge proportyon.
By measuring her necke twice, and trying if it will come about hir forehead, and slip over her nose?
I meane to live for ever on thy necke And bathe thy bossome with my joyfull teares.
This couer to the necke was made in skalie work of Hyacinth, except the vaynes of smaragd, for the little dragons, their bellies and feetes fastening to the skalie couer.
And from thence I returned vpward my wanton regard to hir straight necke compassed about with a carkenet of orient pearle, striuing but not able to match with the whitenes of the sweet skin.
Denis, 'Tis most prodigious; The very thought of it hath put a cricke Into my necke allredy.
Heele be horne mad & never able to indure it: why, woman, if he had but as much man in him as a Maribone, heele take the burthen uppon his own necke and never discover you.
Pure cowardice, for feare to cracke thy necke With the huge Caos of thy bodies waight, Hath sure begot this true contrition.
Infants on her shoulders, and behind her necke a child of 8.
Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him/ and they wepte.
Iuda/ thy brethern shall prayse the/ & thine hande shalbe in the necke of thyne enimies/ & thy fathers childern shall stoupe vnto the.
I doo not thinke there can be a better, than to applie a knaues necke to an halter.
Some of them vpon the necke of their launce haue an hooke, wherewithall they attempt to pull men out of their saddles.
The vpper part of their helmet is of iron or steele, but that part which compasseth about the necke and the throate is of leather.
They called the porter to counsell, And wrang his necke in two, And caste hym in a depe dungeon, 55 And toke hys keys hym fro.
About his necke (which is seene all bare) is a coller set with pearle and precious stone, about three or foure fingers broad.
Guiderius had Vpon his necke a Mole, a sanguine Starre, It was a marke of wonder Bel.
The Senate have decreed you're punishable After the fashion of our ancestors, Which is, your necke being locked in a forke, You must be naked whipt and scourg'd to death.
Then round his necke the corde he drewe, And sprang aloft with his bodie:[556] When lo!
The tanner he pulld, the tanner he sweat, And held by the pummil fast: 130 At length the tanner came tumbling downe; His necke he had well-nye brast.
But, when he saw he nothing preuayled with sugred wordes, he used terrible menaces, saying he wold breake hisnecke &c.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "necke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
