DISGORGE in a Sentence

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Front-de-Boeuf," replied John, "is a man more willing to swallow three manors such as Ivanhoe, than to disgorge one of them.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISGORGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disgorge
 v.  bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
Classic Sentence:
1  Then,' said Traddles, 'you must prepare to disgorge all that your rapacity has become possessed of, and to make restoration to the last farthing.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
2  At times, when closely pursued, he will disgorge what are supposed to be the detached arms of the squid; some of them thus exhibited exceeding twenty and thirty feet in length.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. Squid.
3  Front-de-Boeuf," replied John, "is a man more willing to swallow three manors such as Ivanhoe, than to disgorge one of them.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  We entered this haven through a wicket-gate, and were disgorged by an introductory passage into a melancholy little square that looked to me like a flat burying-ground.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXI
5  And every day the trains just below Five Points disgorged more sick and more wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  Returning to her own room, Kitty had thrown the purse into a corner, where it lay open, disgorging three or four gold pieces on the carpet.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
7  Here the dreary pool swirls thick in muddy eddies and disgorges into Cocytus with its load of sand.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SIXTH
Example Sentence:
1  Unwilling to disgorge the cash he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run away.