BOUT in a Sentence

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For BOUT, below is one of 46 sentences:
That Injun devil wouldn't make any more of drownding us than a couple of cats, if we was to squeak 'bout this and they didn't hang him.'

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 Meanings and Examples of BOUT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bout
 n.  contest between antagonists; contest or fight; a period of time spent in a particular way, as in illness
Classic Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  That Injun devil wouldn't make any more of drownding us than a couple of cats, if we was to squeak 'bout this and they didn't hang him.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  I reckon there ain't no mistake 'bout where I'll go to.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  I'd like to see her get around this with her rubbage 'bout superstition.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  Now you better think 'bout this awhile.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  Dey's two angels hoverin roun bout him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
6  Dey's two gals flyin bout you in yo life.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
7  Well, when it come dark I tuck out up de river road, en went 'bout two mile er more to whah dey warn't no houses.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
8  I'd made up my mine 'bout what I's agwyne to do.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
9  I hain't hearn 'bout none un um, skasely, but ole King Sollermun, onless you counts dem kings dat's in a pack er k'yards.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV.
10  Doan talk to me bout yo pints.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV.
11  But you take a man dat's got bout five million chillen runnin roun de house, en it's diffunt.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV.
12  Well, it's a blame ridicklous way, en I doan want to hear no mo bout it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV.
13  'En all you wuz thinkin' 'bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV.
14  'Oh, this is the boss dodge, ther' ain't no mistake 'bout it.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV.
15  No-sirree-bob, they ain't no trouble 'bout that speculation, you bet you.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI.
Example Sentence:
1  But it's awluz jis' so; people dat's SOT, stays sot; dey won't look into noth'n'en fine it out f'r deyselves, en when YOU fine it out en tell um 'bout it, dey doan' b'lieve you.
2  She's still recovering from a bout of flu.
3  After her bout with malaria, Tatiana needed to convalesce for a whole month.
4  Michael's severe bout of the flu might debilitate him so much that he was too tired to go to work for a week.
5  There was trouble 'bout something, and then a lawsuit to settle it; and the suit went agin one of the men, and so he up and shot the man that won the suit -- which he would naturally do, of course.
6  Anthony reacts as he has Tony down on the mat in their lightweight bout during the UFC 229 event.
7  He's a former champion and is expected to win the bout.
8  Regular exercise is better than occasional bouts of strenuous activity.
9  His drinking bouts often ended in acts of mindless violence.
10  She has bouts of hard work followed by long periods of inactivity.