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How to use bo in a sentence

21 example sentences · interjection, noun, particle

Bo means an exclamation used to startle or frighten. Example: “Cognate to Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser. Ultimately cognate to standard High German Wasser.”

Examples of bo by meaning

nounFellow, chap, boy.

  • ‘Never heard of him,’ he smiled. ‘On your way, bo.’1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, →ISBN, page 255

More sentences with bo

  • Cognate to Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser. Ultimately cognate to standard High German Wasser.From the entry ultimately
  • You ownself go and ask her if can or not—if cannot, then bo pian lor.From the entry ownself
  • And most of them call me "swee zha bo", pretty girl.2013 December 9, “Hawker Masters 2013: Secrets about famous ‘Bedok Camp’ Cheng Tng revealed”, in (Please provide the book title or journal…. From the entry zha bo
  • Doing such things is called ‘bo liao‘ (nothing better to do).2013, Airstrike, “13 school websites defaced by hacker who signed off as 'Jack Riderr'”, in Stomp (Singapore), retrieved 01 Apr 2016. From the entry bo liao
  • Bo spotted a scrub turkey standing head high in the buffel grass.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 34. From the entry buffelgrass
  • Bo pulled up outside a fibro-cement house, Arner's white truck parked in the sideway.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 263. From the entry fibrocement
  • Bo paused a step ahead of her on the steep cattle pad.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 46. From the entry cattle pad
  • Bo John leered into the door mirror, clocking her flouncing, leggy strut.2000, Phil Austin, Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar, page 109. From the entry clock
  • Clayton has bo lei, a Yunnan red, jasmine. . .a rather excellent green."1999, Stuart Cohen, Invisible World, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 105. From the entry bo lei
  • I had a friend who would SMS me the most bo liao messages.1999, Steven Tan, “Petition against M1 charging for SMS”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet), retrieved 01 Apr 2016. From the entry bo liao
  • Bo was about played out and I hollered up for that Hutchens to come help me.1968, Charles Portis, True Grit. From the entry played out
  • Don’t say we bo jio you to use JIO.2014 October 11, Hu Ching, “This simple app might retire ‘bo jio’ from the Singlish vocabulary”, in mothership.sg. From the entry bo jio
  • Bo sat on the sprung branch of a toppled lancewood.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 40. From the entry lancewood
  • Why got free barbecue 'bo jio'?2015 July 5, S M Ong, “Why got free barbecue 'bo jio'*?”, in The New Paper Online, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2015. From the entry bo jio
  • Bo championing the area’s industrial prowess.2012 May 5, Dan Levin, “China, in Old Tradition, Races to Airbrush Fallen Leader Out of Public Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Liangjiang
  • Bo pulled the Pajero off the road and parked on a patch of scuffed kikuyu grass in front of a small weatherboard house.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 64. From the entry kikuyu grass
  • Bo John and I twisted our heads around as Miranda braked over to the gravelly shoulder, let the Scout wheeze to a stop.2000, Phil Austin, Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar, page 109. From the entry clock
  • "Sit down, bo," invited Soup Face.1917 (first published 1918 March), Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Oakdale Affair”, in Blue Book Magazine (Project Gutenberg; EBook #363)…. From the entry on the wagon
  • I WUZ out ter de Parker Karnival Kumpany’s layout terday, and say, bo, you orter see all de anymules wot dey got.1912 April 5, “Mike Huff’s Weather”, in The Leavenworth Post, volume VII, number 198, Leavenworth, Kan., page 1, column 4. From the entry babooness
  • If I don’t sleep well again it’s not only because there are more drunken can bo at one or two in the morning, havocing a fair disturbance outside my room.1991, Justin Wintle, chapter 1989, in Romancing Vietnam: Inside the Boat Country, 2nd edition, Signal Books, published 2006, →ISBN…. From the entry havocing

Meaning of bo

  1. interjection An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
  2. noun Fellow, chap, boy.
  3. noun A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.

Full definition of bo

Questions about bo in a sentence

How do you use bo in a sentence?
Bo is used as an interjection, noun and particle. For example: “Cognate to Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser. Ultimately cognate to standard High German Wasser.”
What is a short sentence with bo?
“"Sit down, bo," invited Soup Face.”
What does bo mean?
Bo means an exclamation used to startle or frighten.

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