thro
preposition
archaic spellings of through.
thro
American
[throo]
/ θru /
Or
thro'
preposition
Archaic.
thro'
British
/ θruː /
preposition
Example Sentences
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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
For the moon we are waiting—and behold Her ardent gold drifts up, her sail has caught the breeze That blows all being thro the Universe always.
From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young
I member when Price's army kum thro here in '64 or '65 on their way ta Pilot Knob.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
Unless his father, strange and terrible, And mighty thro austerities—one whose Curse were as heavy as an hundred births—!
From The Immortal Lure by Rice, Cale Young
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