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Example sentences for "bogy"

Lexicographically close words:
bogies; bogland; bogles; bogs; bogus; boid; boil; boild; boile; boiled
  1. But, all of a sudden, somebody shut off the steam below, and the hole was left empty in an instant: and then down rushed the water into the hole, in such a whirlpool that the bogy spun round and round as fast as a teetotum.

  2. And really Tom did not know; but: the suspicious old bogy would not believe him.

  3. Man was no better for him and neither was God, but he remains still the great bogy man of Europe, a bogy great enough to have frightened Mr. Wells and marked him.

  4. Who knows how much of that nervousness which is the characteristic disease of our day is due to those unwholesome terrors of infancy, those threats of bogy and ogre, with which children are frightened into silence or lulled into uneasy sleep!

  5. Hence every effort should be made to induce critics of Esperanto to examine the language before pronouncing judgment—to criticise the real thing, instead of some bogy of their imagination.

  6. One bogy which has caused much misdirected criticism is raised by misunderstanding of the word "universal" in the phrase universal language.

  7. In Baconian language, this bogy may be called an "idol of the market-place," since it rests upon confusion of terms.

  8. I reckon it out that he's a figurehead--just a bogy name to frighten the children with.

  9. That he is a fable invented by the Inner Ring, a bogy to frighten us with.

  10. Bogy said, 'I am Bogy; have you never heard of me?

  11. Therefore 'twas Bogy in America in April, Canada in July, England in October, and Australia in December.

  12. Blessed with an alert, incisive brain naturally coordinated with the quickest of terminal reflexes, Bogy was drawn to the key when even "duplex" telegraphy was a far-removed possibility.

  13. It wasn't in Bogy to take the final leap into a life of crime, He was bigger than that at his littlest.

  14. That bogy is the idea of a Popish conspiracy against the crown, church, and commonwealth.

  15. Oh, I can tell you bogy stories that 'll make your hair stand up straight; but this is the night for wee Jean.

  16. As usual, the girls crowded round Hollyhock that evening and asked for bogy and ghost stories.

  17. It was one of those freak shots which a man makes once a season, but Harding took vast credit for it and was the happiest person on the links over his bogy five for this long hole.

  18. Five is bogy and par for this hole, and sevens more common than fives.

  19. The next four holes were made in bogy by both players, leaving Kirkaldy two up on both medal and match scores.

  20. And really Tom did not know; but the suspicious old bogy would not believe him.

  21. But, all of a sudden, somebody shut off the steam below, and the hole was left empty in an instant; and then down rushed the water into the hole, in such a whirlpool that the bogy spun round and round as fast as a teetotum.

  22. To-day we are equally enthusiastic in lowering bogy on the golf course.

  23. Studying the previous records of his men, a manager or foreman could determine what each individual bogy should be.

  24. For many positions in the business world a hypothetical bogy should be created after the style of the quota referred to above.

  25. This change in our ambitions is not because it is inherently more fun to beat bogy than to ride a century.

  26. The first and basic contest here is that of the individual salesman against his bogy or ``sales quota.

  27. This bogy may be fixed by the executive, and the man induced to compete with it.

  28. Above all, the bogy must be fair and within the power of the man to accomplish.

  29. Mother knows the bogy fox's tricks, And she'll watch while you sleep.

  30. Mother Turkey had told them about the bogy fox that lived in a hole on the other side of the hill, and it did not need more than the mention of that name to make them obey.

  31. The boy's stare of amazement awoke a doubt in Amabel's mind of his identity with the Bogy of the woods.

  32. You SAID Bogy lived in the cellar," said Amabel.

  33. Bogy lingered, and she got on to her feet; but the wall was deeper on this side than the other, and she saw with dismay that it was very doubtful if she could get back.

  34. She had been threatened with Bogy for misbehavior in church, and it was startling to find that he sat so near.

  35. Then my half-uttered scream changed to a quavering laugh, as my eyes, becoming used to the gloom, discovered my bogy to be but a figure carved in wood, holding aloft a long since quenched flambeau.

  36. He saw us by chance, and Maître Jacques's bogy story spurred him on instead of keeping him off.

  37. The only thing to kill this bogy is to have plenty of rain, and plenty of rain had fallen on the Little Crow, too much at times.

  38. Higher and higher they went and to boost them still higher, as well as to substantiate the values, the bogy concerning insufficient moisture was drowned in the excessive rainfall.

  39. I thought a bogy or a kelpie was devouring me, but it was only Dandy, the old pony.

  40. Shell fire, speaking generally, is the "Bogy of Battle" to those not accustomed to it.

  41. Then it was used as a bogy by small politicians.


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