He has doubtless some bad qualities; some wicked vagaries about him; but, upon the whole, I have met wi' waur fellows.
Sae keep your tongue atween your teeth When ettlin' to be cliver, Ense ye'll be like the auld carle An' en' waur aff than iver!
Ou, I was only telling him there waur nae trouts, except stane anes,[B] here.
But what the waur can the king be o' it's bein kent that he likes the lasses?
Nane the waur o' the bit stramash we had last nicht, I hope?
Mary's the bonniest lass on this side o' the Tweed, and beauty's nae waur o' being weel buskit.
At my best, I was never half sae gude as ye were, and what for suld you begin to mak yoursell waur to save me, now that I am no worth saving?
Advocate Langtale has brought folk throughwaur snappers than a' this, and there's no a cleverer agent than Nichil Novit e'er drew a bill of suspension.
Her bairn," she said, "was her bairn, and she came to fetch her out of ill haft and waur guiding.
I have kend the law this mony a year, and mony a thrawart job I hae had wi' her first and last; but the auld jaud is no sae ill as that comes to--I aye fand her bark waur than her bite.
If she wasna sae wise as ither folk, few ither folk had suffered as muckle as she had done; forby that she could fend the waur for hersell within the four wa's of a jail.
I trust, considering my services as a magistrate, and my father the deacon's afore me, I hae interest eneugh in the council to gar them wink a wee at a waur faut than yours.
Naething--only maybe I might bid ye gang farther, and bewaur served.
But for a' that an' a' that, I haena noticed that the young folk are mair particular aboot what they do nor they waur fifty years since.
He seemed rale agitatit when he brocht it in to me, but I cheered him up by tellin' him how ye wad dreel him wi' the besom-shank gin he waur to gang to the Black Bull i' the forenichts.
Aweel," said Mirren, when Cleg had finished, "I thought it was a deal waur than that.
I tried it yince and was I the waur o't for a fortnicht.
Dandle, 'ye ken yoursell I am never a prin the waur o' my rambles.
And then I wad have put on another gown, and ye wadna have been the waur o' a clean neck- cloth yoursell.
You would not consent to put forth your father's poor dog, and would you use me waur than a messan?
I am sure ye were not obliged to ken ony thing about it; and what the waur was the King that the lairds here got a soup o' drink and the ladies their drap o' tea at a reasonable rate?
I had never muckle broo o' my gudeman's gossips, and now I like themwaur than ever.
Waur he canna be," muttered Sir Archy, with a significance that gave the words a very equivocal meaning.
Ilka lassie has her laddie, Nane they say ha’e I; Yet a’ the lads they smile at me, And what the waur am I?
Ou, there's waur than an oath now and than," said the baker.
Burnsomaniac, "there's waurthan a walk by the bank o' a bonny burn.
Advocate Langtale has brought folk through waur snappers than a' this, and there's no a cleverer agent than Nichil Novit e'er drew a bill o' suspension.
Ye got ower muckle o' your ain will, and ye're the waur o't.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waur" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
