wast
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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In vain the kindly call: in vain The plate for which thou once wast fain At morn and noon and daylight’s wane, O King of mousers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
In your best Early Modern English: Bid us, what wast the most wondrous parteth of making “The Tragedy of Macbeth”?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
Now 24, she began releasing music on Tumblr when she wast 17.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2020
If you think slavery is evil, then do something to stop it TODAY, and do not wast your time re-writing history.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
“And, for thou wast a spirit too deli-cate/To act her earthy and abhorr’d commands ... /she did confine thee. . . into a cloven pine—” he whispered, and Meg recognized Mrs Who’s words to him.
From "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
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