yond
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of yond
before 900; Middle English; Old English geond; akin to Dutch ginds, Gothic jaind. See yon
Example Sentences
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Apparently he was be yond worrying about his wife's feelings.
From Time Magazine Archive
He writes: "Beyond all the or deals and obstacles, and perhaps be yond the grave, that which is legitimate may one day be legalized, that which is rightful may in the end be proved right."
From Time Magazine Archive
His power was awesome, his speed be yond belief, his touch so delicately pre cise that he could transform the most complicated passages into washes of pure color.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others canceled policies on their own because rates were raised be yond what they could afford.
From Time Magazine Archive
Be- yond all comprehension, she doesn’t seem to care if I am a mestiza or an indigena.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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