o'er
1 Americanpreposition
preposition
Example Sentences
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Now with the warm earth o’er thy breast, O wisest of thy kind and best, Forever mayst thou softly rest, In pace, Peter!
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023
All we go down to the dust; and, weeping o'er the grave we make our song:
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2022
All we go down to the dust; and, weeping, o’er the grave,
From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021
It would also be neat if it was, you know, a decent song, which a citizen could sing without crashing into an o’er or a thee, or being asked to pole vault across octaves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2020
Her husband is with Sonia, listening to their youngest recite poetry in that beautiful lilting voice of hers: "I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills..."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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