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Example sentences for "ruther"

Lexicographically close words:
rut; ruta; rutabagas; rute; ruthe; ruthful; ruthless; ruthlessly; ruthlessness; ruti
  1. I wuz ruther young myself when she wuz bo'n.

  2. Well, the night got gray and ruther thick, which is the next meanest thing to fog.

  3. I'd ruther not hab my vote counted den ter pay so dear fur it.

  4. Ef da hatter hit me to make my vote count w'y, den, I'd ruther they would fling it outen de box.

  5. Maybe I'd better step over and--well--ruther lead up to the subject.

  6. Then I'd ruther be on top, where I kin see something.

  7. I'd ruther see you her man than to see you what I told you long ago I meant fer you to be.

  8. Then he asked again with an expression she could not interpret, "You're sure you'd ruther I give up that than anything else on earth?

  9. I'd ruther it ud be you than me," Bowers observed grimly.

  10. Ruther carry me on your back, some rainy night, hadn't ye?

  11. I’d ruther have them than all the coats and dresses.

  12. I 'd a heap ruther not hear you read right now.

  13. I'd ruther to git whipped fifty hunderd times 'n to hafter go to bed in the daytime with Aunt Minerva lookin' at you.

  14. I dunno but I'd ruther have the wuth on 't," said Mrs. John C.

  15. I'd ruther have a good head o' lettuce than all the pinies that ever blowed.

  16. Now, Mistess, you knows all Niggers would ruther be free, and I ain't no diffunt from nobody else 'bout dat.

  17. But for me I trys to behave myself, and I sho' had ruther be free.

  18. And he believed that he'd ruther jine the Babtist church than the Presbyterian, for he didn't see how he could carry on his farm without complainin' about the weather and the crops and things in general.

  19. You see the way of it was this: my folks was Campbellites, or Christians they'd ruther be called.

  20. And when Deacon Petty said that, she jest squared herself like she intended to stand there till judgment day, and says she, 'The 'Postle Paul has been dead ruther too long for me to be afraid of him.

  21. Sam Amos used to say that if religion made folks act like Marthy and Amos did, he believed he'd ruther have less religion or none at all.

  22. I'd ruther she'd think he's dead--to remember him only as she knowed him last.

  23. I'd ruther a rabbit 'ud wash his face than mine," drawled Bull Run.

  24. Why, he'd ruther hold hands by moonlight with some old Maria mule than to set up by lamplight with a thoroughbred filly.

  25. I believe my soul them two would ruther buy than eat.

  26. I'd ruther be a little girl, 'Cause they are sweeter far Than all the boys with all their noise, No differns who they are.

  27. Well, I zed I'd ruther do et in 'ot fight.

  28. Would you ruther I wouldn't go, Uncle Billy?

  29. Uncle Billy's very good to me, an' I'd ruther stay, a good deal ruther.

  30. I'd a good deal ruther do that than have a law-suit.

  31. Three-Fingered Hoover stated that he'd great deal ruther go To call on Charley Sampson than frequent a opry show.

  32. An' though she allus tries to hide The truth, she'd ruther stay to hum Than wonder ef the baby cried.

  33. I'd enough sight ruther be girl-struck than always ravin' and rippin' against females.

  34. Illustration: "Why'd they buy a baby brother, When they know I'd good deal ruther Have a dog?


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