One day I was workin' in de field and de overseer he come 'roun and say sumpin' to me he had no bizness say.
They fetchd a web o the silken claith, Another o the twine, And they wapped them roun that gude ship's side But still the sea came in.
I gits me a lil bag o' pure fresh flaxseed, an I sprinkle it all roun de bed; den I put some on top of da mattress, an under de sheet.
He never lookedroun no moren if I wan't there, an I cut my eyes roun to see if there is somebody I can holler to for help.
When it was growin good, he put leaf-mold roun de stalk, an watch it ever day, an tell us don't nobody touch de stalk.
Tells me to make a image o' dat old witch outa dough, an tie dat string roun its neck; den when I bake it in de oven, it swell up an de magic string shet off her breath.
Den he planted it in de yard, an driv plenty sticks roun da place.
You take a little pinch o' dried snake skin an some graveyard dirt, an some red pepper an a lock o' your hair wrapped roun some black rooster feathers.
He make em cross dere hands, den he tie a roperoun dey wrists an throw it over a tree limb.
Their father he went to Bloomsbury, He turnit himroun about, An there he saw his twa braw sons, In the prison, leukin out.
O he rade on to yon hie castell, He rade it richt and roun about; The laird gaed in at ae back-door, But the ladie beet to knock.
He carried a flint in his pocket, And he strack to her a fire, And he buskit it roun wi the leaves o oak, And gart it burn wi ire.
She turnd her right an roun about, An the kem fell frae her han; A trembling seizd her fair body, An her rosy cheek grew wan.
Whan they came to the king's palace They rade it roun about, An there they saw the king himsel, At the window looking out.
They fetched a web o the silken claith, Another o the twine, And they wapped them roun that gude ship's side, But still the sea came in.
Father Keegan bid me tell you Miss Nora was gone to the Roun Tower.
What the jeuce does Nora want to go to the Roun Tower for?
Ole marsa, hain't yer got nary ole ash tater, nur a leetle piece ob meat skin yer kin gib dis ole darky jess to pacify his stummik, seems lak I jess hab to draw my galluses rale tite roun it to keep it frum creepin fru my mouf.
Yander goes ole Joshaway now, wid ole glory strode erroun him, steppin lak a rare-hoss ober de tater ridges agwine to de town.
I got a plenty ob munny und a plenty ob good wittles, too, und I haint agwine to grunt und root roun de kommissery lak a horg nudder, wid de ole flag a twisted ober de back lak de tail ob a chiken rooster.
Which wun o' dem slidin elders o' yourn hilt a confurence in dat dissart whey dare warnt no warter, und no chickens nudder, und whay de po parished up Mishunary hed to furrige er roun fer dare dinner?
I dunno o' nobodyroun here, as haz paid ther taxes fer las year, yit," said Israel.
I hain't been so tickled in ten year," said Israel, "ez I wuz wen Deacon comeroun tidday a offerin a shillin lawful tew the fellers tew git in his rowen fer him.
Thet'll fotch 'em up wi' a roun turn, or this child's mistaken.
Of coorse we sot about docterin you, to fotch you roun agin.
Den he would tell 'em to put de chain 'roun dere neck an' throw 'em in de river.
When you didn't do right Ol' Mack Williams would shoot you or tie a chain 'roun your neck an' throw you in de river.
I did'nt git a whippin' when I got to de field but when I went to look fer de root 'roun my waist it wus gone.
I tied a piece of it 'roun my waist an' put some in my trunk too.
They burned lamps all night long fer about three weeks after de person was dead an' they sprinkled salt an' pepper 'roun too to keep de witches away.
I had a friend named Joe once an' he uster fool 'roun wid roots an' stuff like dat.
Yo an he lock it up, an John goes away with 'is keys 'ung roun 'is neck.
An yo'll bear me witness as we locked it up, an yo saw me tie the two keys roun my neck-- yo did, Isaac.
He stan' en gaze en gaze on dem In his onquirin' way; Den: "How de news git roun dem posts?
I went bar'foot en had a rag tied 'roun mah haid en mah dress kum up ter mah 'nees.
De Ku Klux Klan's plan wuz ter whup all white er cul'ed people dat didn't stay at home en support dere families but would run 'roun en live a bad life.
An theer was a man as held 'er up by a wire roun her waist, an waggled her i' t' watter.
I sit up in ze chair, and ce look at me, and ce make me all rounmit ze flowers.
Zen he go roun on his feets and he say some vords to my fader.
Zen my fader tink he have not fine ze door, and he go vay roun ze house, and tink he have fine ze door dare; and he strike, and he pound, and all ze time he say loud ze vicked vords.
We po uns have jes layed er roun an slep till Mr. Nigger has trotted so fur er hed that I am feared we wont be able ter over take him.
Aftuh we got tuh Morris Creek hit wuz bloody an dar wuz one uv de hosses turnin roun an roun in de watuh wid his eyes shot out.
Dere wuz lotsa log cabins kinda 'ranged 'roun in a sorta circle an' all of 'em had big dirt chimneys on de outside.
I'd rather zitin tha poorch, wi' tha jessamy ranglin roun it, and hire Fanny zeng.
Love I'm doobtin may be scanty Rounye efter I'm awa: Yon kirkyard has happin plenty Close aside me, green an' braw!
Noo, sick o' my body and name Whan it lifts its upsettin heid, I turn frae the cla'es that cover my frame As gien they war roun the deid.
There's somebody's been til Roun saft to ye wha Said birdies are seen til, And e'en whan they fa'!
Fer 69 years Mis' Marsh done had me a-workin fer her roun the garden en house.
Atter dat de carriage came roun en evvybody lined up along de front door by de cape jessamines ter throw rice an ole shoes at de bride when she come outside de big house ter git in de carrage.
Go out an git pine and cedar limbs to put over de picturs and 'roun de mantle boards' Fix up de table wid trimmins, git mo candles and put all roun.
En cose I warn't dere yo don't think I gwine be roun what no shootin tekin place, does yo"?
An when we wuz goin ter bury mah pa lamme tell yo what happened: Two turtle doves flew roun the wagon three times, den dey flew right on top uv mah pa's coffin box an hollered three times; and yo know mah sistuh died bout three days aftuh dat.
Dey hed de niggers messed up in sum kind er clubs whut dey swaded dem to jine, en gib em all er drum ter beat, en dey all go marchin er roun er beatin de drums en goin ter de club meetins.
We all heard one time dat de Yankees wuz close er rounen wuz on de way ter burn Marse Tom's mill but dey got on de wrong road en day neber did git ter our place, en us sho wuz proud er dat too.
Yo know how dese young bucks is, allus driftin er roun en he hed done drifted rite down dere below Marvell on de Cypress Bayou, en war wukin fer Mr. Fred Mayo when he writ me de letter ter cum ober here.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "roun" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
