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Example sentences for "pa"

Lexicographically close words:
oysters; ozer; ozoic; ozone; ozzer; paa; paand; paar; paba; pabulum
  1. I don't never have nuthin' extry an' I don't never see a dish er fried chicken but what pa pops in my mind.

  2. Ole man Diminicker down yonder on yo' gran'pa's rice plantation, down on de aige er de oshun, is de fus ter git de news.

  3. I tell yer, Pine Tree chile wus workin' hard ter tap wat'r so he kin keep up wid de res' er de trees atter he jines de woods.

  4. With Pa gone the air would clear, magically, of some of its heaviness.

  5. With Pa gone the family could seek cleaner, sweeter rooms--rooms that would have been barred to the family of a drunkard!

  6. Rose-Marie realized with a new sense of shock that Pa was no longer a force to reckon with.

  7. And then Pa had come in--apparently more drunk than he had ever been.

  8. XIV PA STEPS ASIDE They wept together for a long time, Ella and Rose-Marie.

  9. Even Pa--" Suddenly, as if in answer to his spoken name, there came a scuffling sound from the corner where Pa was sleeping.

  10. If Pa so much as spoke mean to her--I'd kill him.

  11. Yo no quiero que me esquilen; yo he nasío pa esquilaor, porque soy muy hombre y no tengo mieo a nadie.

  12. Us had a good old time den, effen us jes' had knowed it, 'caze us was always fed good.

  13. I frequently uttered these words: Where Jesus leads me I will follow and his footsteps I'll pursue.

  14. I was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1867 by Rev.

  15. Atter Marse John and my daddy bofe died, I wuk'd 'round from place to place.

  16. They was cute little fellers but it's awful t' think th' way they turned out, pa says.

  17. He teaches penmanship and he knows Shakespeare better 'n, old Mahomet knowed th' Koran, pa says.

  18. He's ma's uncle, but he's sich a nice man that even pa likes him.

  19. Her jimpson-weed salve and peach perserves was th' best he ever see, pa says.

  20. Illustration] "Them's grampa and gramma Sparks, ma's pa and ma.

  21. There was a blast of cold air as the door opened.

  22. That was all the encouragement Abe needed.

  23. I'm right glad, ma'am, you cleared away the brush heap.

  24. He would walk along the narrow forest trails, a faraway look in his eyes.

  25. Sarah climbed the peg ladder to peer into the loft.

  26. He pulled a book out of the front of his shirt and began to read as he strode along the path.

  27. She was angry, but Sammy, Elizabeth's little boy, shouted with delight.

  28. Although he worked such long hours, Abe still found time to read.

  29. There's Pa Felix and Ma Nance lookin' for ye!

  30. He and ma had inherited most of it only a short time before from pa's granduncle Nathan and they decided to keep it ready to pay off th' mortgage, but 'fore pa could do that Uncle Isaac come and borrowed it.

  31. He promised to pay pa back in a few weeks, and give him big interest for the use of the money.

  32. I never understood th' right of it, and I don't believe pa did, either.

  33. It might only worry pa and ma," said the kind-hearted but simple-minded young farmer.

  34. He wouldn't have cheated pa for the world.

  35. This done, she pulled up the window with a jerk.

  36. It was really very hard, and Flossie thought and said so.

  37. The fact is, you're afraid to show off against me; you know as well as I do that, with all your fine dress and your finer airs, you are not half so much noticed as I am!

  38. Try strawberry, then," said May, "and then we can help one another to a spoonful.

  39. And I told you" (in an undertone) "that you would be the same as my own.

  40. Then she heard distinctly: "Here we hang in a row, In a row!

  41. At last earth's prayer was granted, And God was a child of earth, And a thousand angels chanted The lowly midnight birth.

  42. Now I have it," she said, rising hastily, her face aglow with pleasurable excitement.

  43. I heard some of them talk when I was in New York, and I think they are horrid creatures; but, Pa, this child is so white, nobody would ever know that he had one drop of Negro blood in his veins.

  44. He is very pretty, Miss, but after all he is only a slave.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    painted wood; palm leaf; paper birch; par les; parce que; parliament should; parliamentary elections; parliamentary reform; particular care; particular manner; particular purpose; party leader; party were; pass after; pass laws; pass that; pass upon; passage home; passed several; passing good; passing the; passing vessel; past experience; pate tendre; paternal authority; paused for