'twas
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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A male voice in the cast parried with a hint of old-world courtliness: “Yet ’twas well sung, my friend!”
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
That Wasn’t a canal — nay, ’twas a hat.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
Various courts have since let us know that nope, 'twas merely a small crick against the doomsday direction in which we were previously heading.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2021
Others will say 'twas ever thus, that corruption is a timeless part of the human condition.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
Now ’twas lit with torches, and sentries stood outside the front doors, jealously protecting the officers who slept within.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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