forking

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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I was standing between the forking boughs, and she was looking down upon me. — The Passionate Friends, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Robin Hood Turns Beggar AFTER JOLLY ROBIN had left Little John at the forking of the roads, he walked merrily onward in the mellow sunshine that shone about him. — The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle
To-morrow, in the natural sun, the skies will be bright; those who glared like devils in the forking flames, the morn will show in far other, at least gentler, relief; the glorious, golden, glad sun, the only true lamp—all others but liars! — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville

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