Example Sentences

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And now Torrance again, having taken over the task O'Connor had funked in a moment of panic.

From The Return of Blue Pete by Allan, Luke

She had funked the sharp corners of life, that other, in a way in which this girl with the clear, brown-gold eyes that met the World so squarely would never funk them.

From The Vision of Desire by Pedler, Margaret

What shocked Michael was his discovering, not that he funked it now, which was natural, almost permissible, but that he had funked it all the time.

From The Tree of Heaven by Sinclair, May

Some of my green men had funked just at the crucial moment, and I had all but shot one.

From Four Days The Story of a War Marriage by Hemenway, Hetty

If you believe what they say, you would think that every officer had either bungled or had funked the fight.

From Captain Macklin by Davis, Richard Harding