thro
preposition
archaic spellings of through.
thro
American
[throo]
/ θru /
Or
thro'
preposition
Archaic.
thro'
British
/ θruː /
preposition
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"SILVERSTONE NOWCAST: Increasing signs of potential shower / convergence line development from now thro FP3 into quali."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2011
Yesterday I got past him because he was so busy yacking to someone that just I walked thro'.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2010
An old woman, whom I confirmed lately in a Yorkshire parish, said to the clergyman's wife at the end of the service, "A turned sick three times, but a banged thro'."
From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by Frederick Douglas How
Yes, one low word of parting, now Echoing, thro the fog of years, Has touched my heart with beauty's tears, And youth thro all things reappears.
From Sea Poems by Cale Young Rice
Down thro Florida keys, From island, to island!
From Sea Poems by Cale Young Rice
Tis the crown & glory of organic science that it does thro’ final cause, link material to moral . . . you have ignored this link.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 2, 2019
He could not stomach Emerson's innocent blandness towards evil: "Enough of this Plato who talks thro' his nose!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Customers should see salami Comin' thro' the rye.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I went reeling and moaning thro' the streets!" said Henry James of his first visit.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It not only mocks in most instances the power of medicine, but it has spread thro’ several parts of the city remote from the spot where it originated.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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