doth
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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The faithful felt Hugo doth protest too much, and voted him out at the next opportunity, making the barrister their first traitor scalp.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” she whispers of an overwrought performance shown on stage in the Shakespearean tragedy.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
It’s got nothing to do with “dark matter” except as Shakespeare might have used the phrase to describe some sinister business — “This dark matter doth shade our bright prospects,” something like that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024
I’m fond of quoting William Shakespeare in times like these; in his play Julius Caesar, Caesar says, “The skies are painted with unnumber’d sparks, they are all fire and every one doth shine.”
From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023
The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made.
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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