wore

[ wawr, wohr ]

verb

1. simple past tense of wear.

wore

/ wɔː /

verb

1. See wear
   the past tense of wear 1

Example Sentences

When she was almost 12 years old, she was sent to a boarding school in Virginia, and while it was fun at first, “the shine of being on my own wore off within one month,” she says.

From Washington Blade

He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

From The Daily Beast

If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?

From The Daily Beast

Growing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.

From The Daily Beast

Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.

From The Daily Beast

Presumably, had the deputies who pinned Saylor wore body cameras, video evidence would have helped determine what happened to him.

From The Daily Beast

The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.

From Project Gutenberg

As the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.

From Project Gutenberg

Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.

From Project Gutenberg

She wore a little red hood, and looked wistfully after Davy as the shop went out of sight.

From Project Gutenberg

Her face wore a look of distress, almost of alarm; she kept her place, but her eyes gave Bernard a mute welcome.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bear
• carry
• cover
• display
• don
• get into
• get on
• put on
• show
• slip on
• sport
• wrap