Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "thrain"

Lexicographically close words:
thowts; thoze; thra; thrade; thrae; thral; thraldom; thraldome; thrall; thralldom
  1. Yu' go git yu're prisoner, Ridmond, an' be ready whin that thrain comes in.

  2. And he and Thrain the Berserk still live in the popular songs of the North.

  3. They asked him on what terms he and Thrain had parted, and he replied that matters had gone according to his wishes:--"For I cut off his head.

  4. Thrain had been King of Valland in bygone days and had won all his victories by magic.

  5. When Thrain saw that, he took down his cauldron which he kept above him.

  6. So Oi put th' bills in me pocket an' tuck th' thrain fer St. Paul.

  7. No wan can lift a thrain betther or higher thin a free-born American lady.

  8. A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels be an iliction is called a rayformer an' remains at large.

  9. Thin Jawn took th' thrain an' begun confidin' his secret to a few select frinds.

  10. Now Thrain sees that this is no good, and now he eggs on his men to go along with him, but he himself goes first and meets Kol.

  11. Thrain sees the Earl coming, and stands up and greets him kindly.

  12. Hallgerda had a bower, and sate often in it, and there sate with her daughter Thorgerda, and there too were Thrain and Sigmund, and a crowd of women.

  13. Then Gunnar stands up, and Thrain too, and they go to the cross-bench.

  14. At the same time Thrain gave it out that he meant to stay in the Mark with his brother Kettle, and said how many nights he meant to be away from home.

  15. There was a woman out of doors, and she saw their coming, and told Thrain of it; he bade them to go out into the porch, and take their arms, and they did so.

  16. Then Thrain Sigfus' son said, "It would serve him right if we take both hay and meat and lay down the worth of them instead".

  17. Now Thrain thought within himself, and could not make up his mind how the Earl would take it, so he denies that Hrapp is there, and bade the Earl to look for him.

  18. Thrain gave the Vulture to his kinsman, Mord the reckless; that Mord slew Oddi Haldor's son, east in Gautawick by Berufirth.

  19. Then he showed Thrain the precious things which he had borne out of the shrine, and offered to give him the goods, but Thrain said he could not take them unless he gave him other goods of the same worth for them.

  20. Of a surety,' said Gunnar, 'never have I laughed so much since the day you slew Thrain in Markfleet.

  21. A thrain that is goin' to anny iv th' penal colonies where most men spind their vacations will stop at more places thin a boy on an errand.

  22. You'd not expect an engine-dhriver to shtart the thrain be wavin' a red handkerchief at him--not an express thrain.

  23. Twas ten o'clock the thrain was to shtart, and the Docthor had them at the station be half-past, punctual to the minyit.

  24. After that they slew Kol, and Thrain cut off his head, and they threw the trunk overboard, but kept his head.

  25. Thrain throws off his cloak, and takes off his helm.

  26. A great sheet of ice had been thrown up by the flood on the other side of the Fleet as smooth and slippery as glass, and there Thrain and his men stood in the midst of the sheet.

  27. Then Thrain began to speak, "I will not whisper about that which is in my mind.

  28. Then Grim said softly to Helgi, "Why should we not say, What know I whether Thrain will repay us with any good?

  29. Now Thrain thought within himself, and could not make up his mind how the earl would take it, so he denies that Hrapp is here, and bade the earl to look for him.

  30. Now Thrain and his men ride down out of the Dale along the river bank.

  31. Kari comes home, and Njal's sons ask how things had gone between Thrain and him.

  32. Njal said it would be best that Kettle should talk with his brother Thrain about it, and he gave his word to do so.

  33. Thrain said that he meant to ride home that evening, but Runolf said that he ought not to ride home; he said, too, that it would be more wary not to fare back as he had said he would before he left home.

  34. Just then, up sprung a fair breeze, and Thrain and his men sailed out to sea.

  35. Then Thrain Sigfus' son busked his ship for Iceland, and was all but "boun.

  36. Then Thrain Sigfus' son answered, "I am not Gunnar, but still I am near akin to him, and I will undertake this voyage.

  37. A small female voice replied that the Doctor and the ladies had left their lunch after them, and that Festus had run up to the station to try would he overtake them with it, and the thrain was gone.

  38. I remember when this ould thrain was bet in a race wid a pig; but Tim's put another face on her.

  39. Tim is the boy for not lettin' the grass grow under the thrain when he has a mind.


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