Sample Sentences for
brogue
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brogue as in:  an Irish brogue

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    "He seemed extremely intelligent," Franz states in an exotic brogue that sounds like a blend of Scottish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Carolina drawl.  (source)
    brogue = distinct regional accent (typically Irish or Scottish)
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    After several of the Irish himself, Feeney had slipped comfortably into the brogue of the country he'd never seen—that indeed his great-great-grandparents had never set foot on.  (source)
    brogue = a distinct regional accent (typically Irish or Scottish)
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    Is that a brogue I detect in your accent?  (source)
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    He was a handsome young man in his late twenties, with a Scottish brogue and strawberry blond hair.  (source)
    brogue = a distinct regional accent (typically Irish or Scottish)
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    Denim pants, gray work shirts, and brown brogues in different sizes filled shelves on the walls.†  (source)
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    My mother said things to Marian, a story now and then in her Bronxy half brogue, and I sat and listened fitfully behind the body-throb of the dishwasher.  (source)
    brogue = a distinct regional accent
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    His clothing for the occasion had been carefully chosen—a white oxford cloth shirt, a black leather jacket, slim-fitting khaki trousers, a pair of suede brogues with rubber soles that made no sound when he walked.†  (source)
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    On March 22, in the House of Commons, Burke had delivered in his heavy Irish brogue one of the longest, most brilliant speeches of his career, calling for conciliation with America.  (source)
    brogue = a distinct regional accent (typically Irish or Scottish)
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    The rest of us wore rough tweeds and brogues.†  (source)
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    Franklin: "We loved his stories told in that Kentucky brogue."  (source)
    brogue = a distinct regional accent
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    Again only the soles and heels of his brogues were visible to Franny.†  (source)
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    "A stentor, me ignorant broth of a boy!" cried Mrs. Tarleton, aping his brogue.†  (source)
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    They sat in comfortable silence while she watched him buffing his brogues with a yellow duster.†  (source)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus

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    Afterward we went into the small museum at the back, which had displays of the special white bow ties Jinnah used to order from Paris, his three-piece suits tailored in London, his golf clubs and a special traveling box with drawers for twelve pairs of shoes including his favorite two-tone brogues.  (source)
    brogues = a type of men's shoe
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    A thick red carpet sucks at the soles of Werner's brogues; electric bulbs burn in a chandelier above the table; roses twine across the wallpaper.  (source)
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    He was wearing a red tie with a pale yellow figure; black oxford brogues; a beautifully tailored navy suit.  (source)
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