couldst
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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If thou couldst ever put thy pride away, Belike my prejudice would fall aside.
From Slate ● May 28, 2014
Douay's Dalila, for example, asked Samson in stodgy Elizabethan English "Wherewith if thou wert bound thou couldst not break loose?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Heartily do I wish thou couldst see this household—its freaks and pranks and glories.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Elizabeth, Thou couldst look in the eyes of Death, Undaunted, did he promise thee Some bright new scene of mirth or glee.
From Songs Ysame by Albion Fellows Bacon
Nay, even if thou couldst boast the friendship of the great Woo-san-Kwei thou wouldst not be safe.
From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by William Dalton
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