mayest
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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"Awaken, doomed city, that thou mayest save thyself," the prophet cries out in Zweig's play.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2020
I think thou mayest choose a different life.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2020
What he ultimately concludes, she said, is “thou mayest triumph over sin, but it’s in the hands of the next generation; it’s a choice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2020
In Sonnet 73, “That time of year thou mayest in me behold,” there is a cognitive rumple as eventful as any I know in poetry.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2016
For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.’
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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