Sentence examples for bogy from inspiring English sources
The word 'berry' is correct and commonly used in written English
'Berry' refers to a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit, such as a strawberry or raspberry. It can also be used to describe a small seed or stone found in certain fruits, such as a cherry or blueberry. Example: The basket of berries was overflowing with ripe blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. She planted a row of raspberry bushes in her garden in hopes of having fresh berries for her morning yogurt.
noun
Alternative form of bogey
Bill Distler Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 12, 2011 To the Editor: Contrary to Bob Herbert's fears about money in politics, all of the money that will be spent by President Obama, business corporations, unions and the latest bogy of so-called reformers, the Koch brothers, will be spent in an effort to persuade voters to see things their way.
(bogy laired; in + F + Ernӧ; sv Rubik's cube).
"That anachronistic bogy, the Lord Chamberlain" (as Kenneth Tynan called him in the Observer) banned it.
Ignoring Lasky's vigorous denials, the Tories have made him into a sort of Halloween bogy.
Alicia Grimes became the "bogy" of the town.
And the fear of some senior Democrats -- and a considerable number of freshly polled voters -- that the party hadn't disposed of the old antiwar bogy, but rather raised it once again, appeared all too well founded.
In his first edition, he called the ban on prepositions at the end of a sentence "cherished superstition," and said that those who avoid split infinitives at the cost of awkwardness are "bogy-haunted creatures".
The bogy-mantra has made a full-scale return after a long stretch of relative dormancy.
Schwartzel, who bogied twice late in the day – which consisted of 25 holes – said: "If I was a bit sharper I could have really separated myself but the game is good and shows me if I keep doing that, hopefully by Sunday, or whenever we finish, I will be on top.
What a contrast Harrington's day made with that of Woods, who birdied his 2nd, bogied the 4th and thereafter played a long stretch of curiously flat golf until he came to the 14th, a short par-four presenting an obvious birdie opportunity.
Watson hit back as his opponent bogied the 14th, but the American was inaccurate with his tee shots at the 15th and 16th, allowing a birdie and a par to put Kaymer two up with two to play.
